Caerleon Roman Barracks

Built to house Roman infantry stationed at Caerleon (Isca), the barrack blocks illustrate the cramped but orderly life of legionary soldiers. Excavated in the 1920s, only the first block is of original Roman masonry; the others, at a higher level, are stone replicas. 

They are laid out in long parallel lines, with twelve pairs of small rooms for the legionaries connected to a larger block at the end for the centurion and his staff. A group of eight men shared a pair of rooms, the smaller used for storing kit and the larger for sleeping.