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Caerleon (inhabited place) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 51 36 48 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 51.6133 decimal degrees |
| Long: 002 57 32 W degrees minutes |
Long: -2.9589 decimal degrees |
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Note: Along with Chester and York, Caerleon was one of the three permanent legionary bases of Roman Britain in the 1st century CE. It is often identified as a possible site of Arthurian Camelot. Remains of the Roman ampitheater and fortifications are still visible. It was once part of Gloucestershire. |
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| Caerleon (preferred,C,V,English,U)
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| Caerllion (C,V)
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| Carleion (H,V)
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............ | recorded in 1086 |
| Castra Legionis (H,V)
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| Isca (H,V)
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............ | ancient |
| Isca Silurum (H,V)
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| Legionum Urbs (H,V)
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Wales (country) (P) |
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Newport (unitary authority) (P) |
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Caerleon (inhabited place) (P) |
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| inhabited place (preferred, C) |
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was a Roman base |
| town (C) |
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| episcopal see (C) |
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| fortification (H) |
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was a Roman fort |
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