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Caerleon
The city of
Chester
was also historically called Caerleon. For the champion racehorse, see
Caerleon II
Caerleon
(; ) is a suburban village and
community
, situated on the
River Usk
in the northern outskirts of the city of
Newport, Wales
. Caerleon is a site of
archaeological
importance, being the site of a notable
Roman
legionary
fortress
,
Isca Augusta
, and an
Iron Age
hill fort
. The Wales
National Roman Legion Museum
and
Roman Baths Museum
are in Caerleon close to the remains of Isca Augusta. The town also has strong literary associations, as
Geoffrey of Monmouth
makes Caerleon one of the most important cities in Britain in his
Historia Regum Britanniæ
, and
Alfred Lord Tennyson
wrote
Idylls of the King
while staying there.
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