Coed-y-Caerau

Coed-y-Caerau
Hamlet
Looking southwest across Iron Age and Roman military embankments (Pen-toppen Ash) from Coed-y-Caerau Woods. The parallel shadows delineate part of the northeastern rectangular earthwork.
Coed-y-Caerau is located in Newport
Coed-y-Caerau
Coed-y-Caerau
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51°37′16″N 2°53′42″W / 51.62113°N 2.89509°W / 51.62113; -2.89509

Coed-y-Caerau (Welsh for 'wood of the forts') is a hamlet about 1,400 metres (4,600 ft) north of Langstone in Newport, Wales (Welsh: Casnewydd), historically in Monmouthshire (Welsh: Sir Fynwy). It is the site of prehistoric and Roman hillforts.

The central feature of the Iron Age earthworks from Coed-y-Caerau Lane. The closer banking is part of the outer concentric structure and the higher ground within is part of the inner banking.
The mouth of the River Usk is still visible to the southwest from Coed-y-Caerau.
View looking west from Coed-y-Caerau Woods on Kemys Craig with the River Usk below and Roman Caerleon in the centre and left in the distance.