Whitewall Brake Roman Site

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

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Whitewall Brake Roman Site preserves the earthworks of a former Roman villa in Monmouthshire. It is one of five Roman villas the Albion Guide lists in the county. The closest station is Caldicot, 3.5 km to the south. The nearest other Roman villa is Caer-went Roman Town, 0.8 km to the south-west.

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