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Gobannium
51.8220° N, -3.0180° E
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Gobannium was a Roman fort and civil settlement or Castra established by the Roman legions invading what was to become Roman Wales and lies today under the market town of Abergavenny, Monmouthshire in south east Wales.
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Recorded in Antonine Itinerary
late 2nd century AD
Abergavenny town centre excavations
1962–1969
Leopard Cup discovery
2002
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