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The booklet
entitled "Caerleon Heritage Trail - A Walk Into The Past" can
be purchased at the Tourist Information Centre in High Street.
Alternatively you can view and print an internet version of the
walk by following this link.
The walk
takes a little over an hour. The trail starts at the Roman remains
and then takes in post-Roman Caerleon.
"A walk
around town will bring surprises and perhaps some disappointments
for the town has suffered the ravages of time and has been sacked
by Danes, Vikings, Saxons and Welsh. Following the Roman withdrawal,
Caerleon maintained its importance as a seat of the Welsh Princes,
and as a trading and industrial centre up to the end of the Nineteenth
Century. It is still a town of personality and charm, containing
much that is worthy of preservation ..."
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