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Caer-went Roman Town

Open to visitorsa Cadw site — check opening times and admission before you go

Substantial ruinsruined, but plenty survives above ground

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Caer-went Roman Town is a Roman town in Monmouthshire. It is the only Roman town the Albion Guide charts in the county. It is looked after by Cadw. Its Welsh name is Tref Rufeinig Caer-went.

For arrivals by rail, Caldicot Station is 3 km to the south.

More places to visit near Caer-went Roman Town

Photo of Caerwent, a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.Highlight

Caerwent

Village

Village built within the surviving walls of the Roman town of Venta Silurum, with long stretches of Roman masonry still standing.

here · Monmouthshire

Photo of Dewstow Gardens and Grottoes, a garden near Caerwent, Monmouthshire, south east Wales.Highlight

Dewstow Gardens and Grottoes

Garden near Caerwent

Edwardian gardens near Caerwent with a rare underground network of tunnels, ferneries and grottoes, buried for decades and rediscovered in the 1990s.

1.7 km S

Photo along the Wales Coast Path, an 870-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Queensferry, Wales.Highlight

Wales Coast Path

Long-distance path

Walk the outline of a whole nation — 870 miles of cliff, estuary and beach from Chepstow round to Queensferry.

3.1 km S · spans 16 counties

Photo of the Wye Valley, a National Landscape in England and Wales.Highlight

Wye Valley

National Landscape near Monmouth

A wooded river gorge winding along the Wales–England border, past Tintern Abbey down to Chepstow.

3.1 km NE

Photo along the Wye Valley Walk, a 136-mile long-distance path running from Chepstow to Plynlimon, Wales and England.

Wye Valley Walk

Long-distance path

Following the Wye upstream from Chepstow's castle through gorge, orchard and moorland to the river's source country on Plynlimon.

7 km NE · spans 4 counties

Photo of Chepstow, a village in Monmouthshire, south east Wales.Highlight

Chepstow

Village

Gateway town to the Wye Valley, with a Norman castle above the river, surviving medieval town walls and the Port Wall gate.

7.4 km NE · Monmouthshire