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guidance of the local antiquary, Mr. Lee, of the Priory, who 

 has so accurately recorded all the discoveries there made in 

 his interesting book, entitled " Isca Silurum." The museum 

 at Caerleon is one of the most interesting and instructive 

 local museums in the Idngdom. 



The Roman road from Caerleon to Caerwent is well ascer- 

 tained. It was noted by Horsley, and is followed in much of 

 its course by the line of the present turnpike, and passes 

 straight through the station of Caerwent, the walls of which 

 partly remain, and also some of the towers, with the ditches. 

 Caerwent has also been visited by the Club. From Caerwent it 

 followed the direction of the Chepstow road for a short dis- 

 tance (about a mile), and then turned off in the direction of 

 Caldecot, and made for Sudbrook Camp. This spot has also 

 been visited by the Club, and near this camp appears to have 

 been the Roman landing place. For particulars of Sudbrook 

 Camp and the ruined church near it, I must refer to the pro- 

 ceedings of the Monmouthshire and Caerleon Antiquarian 

 Society for a.d. 1 858. 



I suppose the passage to have been from hence to Sea 

 Mills, on the Avon, according to the Iter, though there pro- 

 bably was a landing place also on the Severn at Aust, and it 

 may be at the New Passage as well. From Sea Mills to Bitton, 

 which is about nine miles, we have not much certainty of the 

 road till we come to near Bitton, where it has been traced, 

 and, as I am informed by the Rev. Mr. Ellacomb, Senior, is 

 known as the "Aggis Way," and from thence to Bath by 

 Northstoke and Weston. My arrangement of the Iter 

 would therefore be, from Caerleon to Bath, as follows : — 



Caerleon (Isca) to Caerwent (Venta) ... M.P. IX. 



Caerwent (Venta) to Sudbrook (ad Sabrinam) III. 



Sudbrook (ad Sabrinam) to Sea Mills (Trajectus) IX. 



Sea Mills (Trajectus) to Bitton (Abona) ... IX. 



Bitton (Abona) to Bath (Aquae Solis) , . VI. 



