Blestium (also Blestio in the Antonine Itinerary (Iter XIII)) was a small fort and iron working centre in the Roman province of Britannia Superior, part...
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constituency of Monmouth. The town was the site of a small Roman fort, Blestium, and became established after the Normans built Monmouth Castle c. 1067...
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Whitchurch United Kingdom 55 AD Isca Dumnoniorum Exeter United Kingdom 55 AD Blestium Monmouth United Kingdom 58 AD Viroconium Cornoviorum Wroxeter United Kingdom...
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since the Roman occupation of Britain, when it was the site of the fort of Blestium. The River Wye may have been bridged at this time but the Monnow, being...
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Settlement Lancashire City Yes Monmouth (The Doward) Caer Guorthigirn Blestium Silures Monmouthshire / Herefordshire Town (Village) Yes, Probably Norwich...
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Abergavenny Roman fort, Gobannium Alabum Llandovery Roman fort Blestium Monmouth Roman fort Caer Gybi, Anglesey Roman fort Caerleon, Newport, Monmouthshire...
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Roman settlements of Ariconium (just north of modern Ross-on-Wye) and Blestium (Monmouth), and a number of other small Roman settlements are known. The...
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name Other Latin names English name Alabum Llandovery Bangertium Bangor Blestium Monemuta Monmouth Bovium Cowbridge (disputed) Burrium Usk Cambria Wales...
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Belgic oppidum Braintree, Essex other Blatobulgium Birrens, Dumfrieshire AI Blestium Monmouth AI Bomium Cowbridge, South Glamorgan? AI Bovio Tilston, Cheshire...
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temple flanking a forum. Other Roman settlements in the area included Blestium (Monmouth). The Romanisation of Monmouthshire was not without continuing...
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Monmouth, Wales. The mead is registered common land and stands between Blestium Street and the River Wye, intersected by the A40(T) Monmouth bypass. There...
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Gaer, Brecon and with links northwards to Watling Street, eastwards to Blestium (Monmouth) and Glevum (Gloucester).[citation needed] The Romans selected...
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At Crick the route met the roads to Gloucester (Glevum) and Monmouth (Blestium). There is also evidence of an early Norman motte and bailey castle at...
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Piccadilly) between the Severn estuary in the south and the small fort at Blestium, now Monmouth. The ancient road was superseded in later centuries, other...
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1982 until 2008, when the venue was changed to the old cattle market at Blestium Street. The Shire Hall, built in 1724, dominates Agincourt Square No. 1...
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spent over eight decades playing at Chippenham Sports Ground, located on Blestium Street in Monmouth. The current grandstand was originally sited at the...
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chipping. It is known that the Romans moved iron ore from local mines down to Blestium (Monmouth), probably on the ancient route lying below and to the east of...
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west-northwest of Glevum (at modern Gloucester), and 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Blestium (at modern Monmouth). With confidence that the overgrown ruins near Weston...
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51°48′16″N 2°43′24″W / 51.80447°N 2.7233°W / 51.80447; -2.7233 (Roman Fort) Blestium (also Blestio in the Antonine Itinerary (Iter XIII)) was a small fort and...
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