Lorica segmentata from Caerleon

[Caratacus]

Makes a whole lot more sense now. In a rampart-back building by any chance?

Don't think so. The Priory hotel is just across the main road from the Museum, which lies virtually in the centre of the fortress. The Priory Field is immediately behind the hotel grounds and the fortress wall is then some way away across an empty field. The amphitheatre, of course, is outside the wall. I cannot imagine how I could think that the site was outside the fortress walls! Put it down to an early(ish) rise and advancing years.

From what I could see of the dig, the building in question looks to have a lot of small rooms - some sort of warehouse, perhaps? It certainly does make a lot more sense to find this stuff inside the fortress, rather than in a building outside!

Mike Thomas
(Caratcus)