Roman Army Barracks

I have heard that the Roman remains at Caerleon are worth a visit. The Second Augustan Legion were posted there from very early in the "Invasion". The Basilica and Bath Buildings built here in the second and third Centuries AD represent a pinnacle of Roman architectural brilliance. See Cluminy Baths in Paris for comparison. Let alone Bath, Avon. So Nuch and I went there the other day and what an amazing day out!!. You could see re-constructed the foundations of the army barracks in the North-East corner of the fortress.....and yes it took me back.......to 1970... when I was supervising an archaeological dig under the auspices of John Collis, University of Sheffield. A whole summer of grovelling in medieval cess-pit after medieval cess-pit recovering 14th and 15th Century pottery and artefacts all of which was dug into the underlying Roman stratigraphy. Towards the end of the summer 1970 John Collis had the Eurika moment when he suddenly realised that the underlying Roman structure was in fact a Roman Army Barracks Building!!!!!   This was the Second Augustan Legion Barracks before they were deployed North to Caerleon.  It's all there....in the history....the museum there, I picked, I shovelled, I wheel-barrowed,I broke my back on those digs , back in those days