Caerleon features [1]
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Caerleon features [1]
Image: © Michael Dibb Taken: 2 Sep 2022
Priory Lodge and the arched entrance lead to the Priory Hotel, a large rambling building of medieval origin. Caerleon is a town in Newport, located on the north bank of the River Usk it is 2½ miles northeast of Newport city centre. There is evidence of occupation of the area back to the Neolithic. The town was the site of a Roman legionary fortress, Isca Augusta, and the National Roman Legion Museum and the Roman Baths Museum lie near the ruins. Caerleon features in various literary works. Geoffrey of Monmouth had Caerleon as King Arthur's capital and Thomas Malory has Arthur re-crowned there. The amphitheatre has been associated with Arthur's Round Table and has been suggested as a possible source for the legend.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.609611
Longitude
-2.956378