Great Bulmore Roman settlement

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

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A Roman town once stood here — today it survives as earthworks in Newport. The Albion Guide maps two Roman towns in the county; this is one of them. Newport (S Wales) Station is 5.9 km away to the south-west. The nearest other Roman town is Caerleon Roman Amphitheatre, 2.2 km to the south-west.

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