The arrival of #Christianity in #Wales

Pewter dish inscribed with a Chi Rho- the first two letters of Christs name in Greek
Found in 1906, in a house near the forum basilica, within a large urn with another pewter vessel in #Caerwent

#RomanBritain
#Archaeology
#GoodFriday #FindsFriday

#TilesOnTuesday #Caerwent

The arrival of #Christianity in #Wales

Pewter dish inscribed with a Chi Rho- the first two letters of Christs name in Greek
Found in 1906, in a house near the forum basilica, within a large urn with another pewter vessel inside #Caerwent

#RomanBritain
#Archaeology
#EpigraphyTuesday 🎄

#TilesOnTuesday #Caerwent

#RomanSiteSaturday

The #basilica occupied one side of the #forum. This building was huge, measuring 260 ft long and 182 ft wide. The basilica was used for civic events.

It must have dwarfed other buildings, standing roughly 65 ft high. #Caerwent #RomanBritain #Archaeology
Forum to the left.

#MosaicMonday
Four Seasons #Roman Mosaic is from House Vlll South, #Caerwent, excavated in 1901.

This mosaic had faces in each corner, representing the four seasons. Only Summer and Winter survive.

#RomanArchaeology #RomanBritain
#Archaeology

Images of Harry over photos of the ruins of Venta Silurum including walls, mosaic and hypocaust

Images of Harry over photos of the ruins of Venta Silurum including walls, mosaic and hypocaust

Images of Harry over photos of the ruins of Venta Silurum including walls, mosaic and hypocaust

Images of Harry over photos of the ruins of Venta Silurum including walls, mosaic and hypocaust

Harry's strutted into one of #Roman Britain’s best-kept secrets! Founded in the late 1st C AD, Venta Silurum - #Caerwent , Wales - was a bustling Roman market town & capital of the Silures, occupied into the 4th C. Still boasts mighty town walls & mosaics. “Better than my tent,” says Harry.

#TilesOnTuesday #Caerwent local #archaeology group earthed these but seem to be dug up by ?#Edwardian vicar who reburied them

Sunset at the edge of Empire…
#Caerwent #RomanBritain #RomanRemains #civitas #VentaSilurum

#AncientBlueSky🏺

Although 1000s of individuals would have sat on town councils in #Roman #Britain few known by name. At #Caerwent we have an inscription where the 'ordo' council of the #Silures are dedicating a pedestal to the former proconsul/legate Ti.C.Paulinus.

#Archaeology #History

Found at #Caerwent basilica a virtually uncirculated #coin of #Trajan struck 112-14 was found. It is unlikely to have been available in this condition for many years after those dates. It provides a good evidence for the building's construction.
#RomanBritain #Archaeology #FindsFriday

This stone head was found during an #excavation in #Caerwent (Venta Silurum), the Romanised civitas of the Silures Tribe. It is carved from a yellow quartz sandstone and was carved in a native Iron Age style. It was found in a 4th Century AD context.
#FindsFriday #Archaeology 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

#Caerwent #IronworkThursday #Caerwent. Said to be recycled train tracks but no signs of wear/aging

#Caerwent #incumbents

White porch with Celtic cross above door which is flanked by flowers

#AdoorableThursday #Caerwent

Ornate geometric altar rails. Iron cross flanked by stained windows

Iron branched cross with letters INRI & nails

#Caerwent #IronworkThursday was told they are recycled railway sleepers but seems unlikely

#Caerwent #TilesOnTuesday

@Roman_Britain you tweeted about Samian mortaria (remember the angry mouse from #Caerwent ?) back in the summer and I've now found a fragment from Roman Tullie House @TullieHouse too!