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Brecon Gaer

Near Brecon, Powys

A Roman cavalry fort whose gates still stand in a farmyard.

Brecon Gaer was a Roman fort for around 500 cavalry, built at a meeting of roads in the heart of Wales. Parts of its stone walls and gateways still stand, some in the middle of a working farm.

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When
From AD 75
Where
51.9600, -3.4400
Group
Roman Britain

Visiting

Cadw, free, on private farmland with public access.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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