Five Lanes Roman Site

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Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Five Lanes Roman Site preserves the earthworks of a former Roman villa in Monmouthshire. The Albion Guide maps five Roman villas in the county; this is one of them. The nearest other Roman villa is Caer-went Roman Town, 2.2 km to the east. Severn Tunnel Junction Station is 3.9 km away to the south.

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