A Visit to Caerleon

1. A Visit to Caerleon Come on a virtual tour

2. Learning Objectives . Learn about different types of evidence. . To learn how the past can be represented.

3. . To learn about an Historical site. . To use evidence to find out about the past.

4. This is how we think Caerleon would have been set out. Caerleon has a website for you to visit.

5. Use this page to find your way around the site. Click on the place you would like to visit. Baths Capricorn Centre Amphitheatre Useful websites Barracks Isca

6. The Amphitheatre This is what the amphitheatre looks like at Caerleon today. Look at what we think it may have looked like in Roman times.

7. Use all the resources you have seen to answer this question. What do you think it may have been used for? Well Done

8. The Barracks This is all we can now see of the barrack at Caerleon. The foundations. This is what we believe they looked like when they were rebuilt in stone. barracks What do you think the circled structres are? 1 3 Well Done 2 4

9. In the Capricorn centre there is a reconstruction of a barrack room. How do you think theyknow this is what it looked like? Use the diagram to fill in the table Well Done

10. The Museum The museum has lots of artefacts founs around the twon of Caerleon. It aslo has somw new models to see. Whay kinds of artefacts do you think you might find there? pottery Well Done

11. The Baths There is only a small section of the Roman baths uncovered for us to see today. The rest remains under the town of Caerleon. This what we think it might have looked like. Can you list some activities that may have taken place at the baths washing

12. Starting with the changing room, use the pen to show me the journey a soldier would take around the baths. Steam room- caldarium Changing room Cold room- frigidarium Warm room- tepidarium Exercise yard/hall Well Done

13. Useful Websites The Roman Empire Roman Baths