Roman Baths Museum

Roman Baths Museum, Caerleon

Interior of the Roman Baths Museum

The Roman Baths Museum is located in Caerleon in the city of Newport, south-east Wales.

Background and history

Main articles: Isca Augusta and Caerleon

Roman Wales was the farthest point west that the Roman Empire in Roman Britain extended to, and as a defence point the fortress at Caerleon, built in 75 AD, was one of only three permanent Roman Legionary fortresses in Roman Britain. It was occupied and operational for just over 200 years.

The Roman Baths Museum lies inside what remains of the fortress of Isca Augusta close to the National Roman Legion Museum. The baths museum has a covered walkway over part of the remains of the military bath house.

The baths museum is administered by Cadw, as are the remains of Isca Augusta within a short walk of the baths museum:

• The most complete Roman amphitheatre in Britain
• Sections of the fortress walls
• The only remains of a Roman legionary barracks on view anywhere in Europe at Prysg Field

There were over 40,000 visitors to the Baths in 2012.^[1]

See also

• Newport Museum
• Venta Silurum

References

External links

Roman visitor sites in the UK Villas Bignor Brading Chedworth Crofton Dover Painted House Fishbourne Great Witcombe Littlecote Lullingstone Newport Piddington Rockbourne Sparsholt Wroxeter Forts & military Arbeia Binchester Birdoswald Burgh Castle Caerleon Chesters Derventio Dover Castle Eboracum Housesteads Lunt Carvoran Roman Army Museum Pevensey Castle Portchester Castle Ribchester Richborough Segedunum Venta Icenorum Vindolanda Towns Aldborough Roman Site Colchester Corbridge Silchester Venta Icenorum St Albans Wroxeter Museums Canterbury Roman Museum Carvoran Roman Army Museum Colchester Castle Museum Corinium Museum Jewry Wall Museum Ribchester Senhouse Roman Museum Trimontium Trust (Melrose) Verulamium Museum Other sites Bath Roman Baths Caerleon Roman Baths Jewry Wall, Leicester Welwyn Roman Baths York Roman Baths