🏛️ Kanovium-Bremia
Romano-British fort in Conwy Valley, North Wales
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- Roman fort established circa AD 78–80 during the Flavian conquest of Wales
- Located in the Conwy Valley near present-day Caerhun, Conwy County Borough
- Garrisoned by auxiliary cavalry and infantry units
- Occupied intermittently until circa AD 130–140
Kanovium-Bremia was a Roman auxiliary fort built during the initial phase of Roman occupation in North Wales. Constructed in the late 1st century AD, it served as a military installation controlling the Conwy Valley and supporting the subjugation of the local Ordovices tribe. The fort remains archaeologically significant for understanding Roman frontier strategy in Britain's northwestern reaches ...