<Dl> <Dt> List of places </Dt> <Dd> UK </Dd> <Dd> Wales </Dd> <Dd> Newport </Dd> </Dl> <Dt> List of places </Dt> <P> Caerleon (/ kərˈliːən /; Welsh: Caerllion) is a suburban town and community, situated on the River Usk in the northern outskirts of the city of Newport, Wales . Caerleon is a site of archaeological importance, being the location of a notable Roman legionary fortress, Isca Augusta, and an Iron Age hillfort . The Wales National Roman Legion Museum and Roman Baths Museum are in Caerleon close to the remains of Isca Augusta . The town also has strong historical and literary associations, as Geoffrey of Monmouth elevated the significance of Caerleon as a major centre of British history in his Historia Regum Britanniæ, and Alfred Lord Tennyson wrote Idylls of the King while staying there . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (May 2010) </Td> </Tr> </Table>

Town in south wales site of legionary fortress