Pen-Toppen-Ash Camp

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

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Pen-Toppen-Ash Camp preserves the earthworks of a former Roman fort in Newport. The Albion Guide lists two Roman forts in the county; this is one of them. Newport (S Wales) Station is 7.9 km away to the south-west. Nearby Roman sites include Caerleon Roman Amphitheatre and Caer-went Roman Town.

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