After the barrack ruins we wandered over to the grassy ruins of a Roman amphitheatre (see more pictures below).
Ruined Amphitheatre
Tag: Caerleon
Ruins of Roman Barracks
After the baths and the museum, we walked up the road a piece to the ruins of the Roman barracks. See more images below (click on them to see larger). The long trench you see was a Roman toilet where soldiers would sit and defecate communally, using a sponge on a stick to wipe themselves, then dipping it in a flowing water channel in front of them before soaking in vinegar to disinfect it for the next use.
Caerleon
One day we took the train from Cardiff up to Newport where we caught a bus to Caerleon, home to several ancient Roman ruins and one of the primary claimants to be the site of Camelot. We first visited the Roman baths, which were fascinating, though I came away with few useful photographs, then made our way to a small museum, outside of which we visited the “Roman-inspired” garden where these pictures were taken.
