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Llanmelin

Llanmelin is an Iron Age hillfort near Caerwent in Monmouthshire, south-east Wales, defended by multiple ramparts and ditches. Occupied from around the 4th century BCE until the Roman conquest, it is thought to have been a major centre of the Silures before the Romans moved the population to the new town of Venta Silurum nearby.

Llanmelin
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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Llanmelin. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/llanmelin
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