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Article: WELSH HOMES: Fortress Caerleon.(Features)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- June 28, 2003
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marketPLACESONCE a Roman fortress town, Caerleon, near Newport, is rich in history and legend.
Its Roman past is celebrated in attractions like the Roman Baths, Amphitheatre and Roman Legionary Museum.
Its literary claim to fame is that the ancient Welsh bard Talhaiarn was educated there; it is the birthplace of the writer Arthur Machen, and the poet Tennyson once stayed at the Hanbury Arms where he wrote Idylls of the Kings. ...