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Caerwent

Caerwent

Caerwent is a village and community in , Wales. It is located about five miles west of and 11 miles east of . It was founded by the Romans as the market town of Venta Silurum, an important settlement of the Brythonic tribe of Silures.
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Places of Interest

Highlights include Church of St Stephen and St Tathan, Caerwent and Caerwent House.

Church
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The , , is a parish church with datable origins to the 13th century. It is believed to be one of the oldest Christian sites in the county, and possibly within Wales.

House
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Castle
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is an extensive stone medieval castle in the town of Caldicot, Monmouthshire, in southeast , built near the site of Harold Godwinson's former Saxon castle by the Norman earls of Hereford from about 1100.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Crick and Caldicot.

Village
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is a small village or hamlet in the county of , United Kingdom. It is located on the A48 road 1 mile north of the town of Caldicot and 1 mile east of Caerwent.

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is a small town in . It is a pleasant small town with several local historic attractions. This Welsh border town is home to a significant, complete castle and country park with free access to the public, a large Roman villa with remains of municipal buildings and a temple in Caerwent.

Village
Photo: Ruth Sharville, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Caldicot is a small town in . It is a pleasant small town with several local historic attractions. This Welsh border town is home to a significant, complete castle and country park with free access to the public, a large Roman villa with remains of municipal buildings and a temple in Caerwent. is situated 2 miles south of Caerwent.

Caerwent

Latitude
51.61006° or 51° 36′ 36″ north
Longitude
-2.76431° or 2° 45′ 52″ west
Population
1,790
Elevation
95 feet (29 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB CRW
Open location code
9C3VJ66P+27
Open­Street­Map ID
node 7375925
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2654087
Wiki­data ID
Q1010177
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Welsh—“Caerwent” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Caerwent”
  • Bengali: “কেয়ারওয়েন্ট”
  • Breton: “Caer-went”
  • Catalan: “Caer-went”
  • Cebuano: “Caerwent”
  • Chinese: “Caerwent”
  • Chinese: “凯尔文特”
  • Chinese: “凯尔温特”
  • Chinese: “凱爾文特”
  • Chinese: “凱爾溫特”
  • Chinese: “卡爾文特”
  • Cornish: “Caer-went”
  • Danish: “Caerwent”
  • Dutch: “Caerwent”
  • French: “Caerwent”
  • German: “Caerwent”
  • German: “Venta Silurum”
  • Gujarati: “કૈરવેન્ટ”
  • Hebrew: “קארוונט”
  • Irish: “Caer-went”
  • Italian: “Caer Went”
  • Italian: “Caer-went”
  • Italian: “Caerwent”
  • Japanese: “カーウェント”
  • Japanese: “カイルウェント”
  • Kannada: “ಕೆರ್ವೆಂಟ್”
  • Korean: “커웬트”
  • Latin: “Venta Silurum”
  • Lithuanian: “Karventas”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Caerwent”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Caerwent”
  • Norwegian: “Caerwent”
  • Persian: “کرونت”
  • Portuguese: “Caerwent”
  • Russian: “Каервент”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caer-went”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Caerwent”
  • South Azerbaijani: “کرونت”
  • Spanish: “Caerwent”
  • Spanish: “Venta Silurum”
  • Swedish: “Caerwent”
  • Tamil: “கார்வென்ட்”
  • Telugu: “కేర్వెంట్”
  • Urdu: “کایروینت”
  • Welsh: “Caer-went”

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