Its remains are incorporated into Cardiff Castle in the modern capital city of Wales. Roman Amphitheatre. This is an excellent starting point for visitors for either the Roman or Norman remains. There is not much to see and little in the way of information. The fort is located on Y Gaer farm and it is accessed by driving, or walking up the private road to the farm. Thames and Hudson Ltd, London. The building of the fortress did not start until around A.D. 75. Scorched crop marks uncovered about 200 ancient sites during the drought. In AD 197 they were defeated at Lyons and Septimius Severus won power. The road systems of this pleasant little town still follow the lines of the original Roman plan with Broadway (via principalis) linking the modern Legionary museum with the impressive remains of the amphitheatre, barracks and fortress walls. It was constructed in AD 78 by Gnaeus Julius Agricola, a Roman general responsible for much of the Roman conquest of Britain, to maintain order amongst the native Celts and protect road communications. … The location had previously been considered a temple site, after part of a bronze statue of Mars was unearthed. They are the temporary overnight stops that the Romans build on manoeuvres in hostile territory.". This pattern included ranges of long narrow barrack-blocks to house the common soldiers and a separate area for the officers’ quarters. The aerial photographs confirmed the locations of at least three new fort sites, including the first found in the Vale of Gwent at Carrow Hill, west of the Roman town of Caerwent and the Roman legionary fortress at Caerleon. Shire Archaeology, Oxford. The Roman fort of Segontium was founded in AD77 and was garrisoned until about AD394. It could be possible through the aerial view of the area, which revealed 200 such places suggesting the ruins of the ancient Roman times. The Normans later built a motte and bailey castle nearby. Since AD 43 the Romans had conquered southern England and bloodily suppressed Boudicca’s rising. Like First to Third Century Roman Forts, it was laid out in a playing card shape. The original defences of Isca were of turf, clay and timber, these being replaced sometime around A.D. 100 by stone walls and towers. The fortress of Isca was originally home to the 5,500 heavily armed infantry troops that made up the Second Augustan Legion (Legio Secunda Augusta). The crop images show it had inner and outer defensive structure and a "killing zone" in between, perfectly ranged for a javelin throw. Roman forts, roads, military camps and villas have been identified by a new analysis of aerial photographs taken in the 2018 heatwave across Wales.