a town of England in the county of Monmouth, four miles from Chepstow. It was known to the Romans as Venta Silurum, and is situated on the Via Julia or Akeman Street. Like many unimportant towns in this part of the country, it exhibits interesting remains of the Roman occupation. Of these the most important are the ruins of the old wall, nearly 600 yards on one side and 400 on another, from 12 to 20 feet in height, and from 6 to 12 in thickness. Large numbers of Roman coins, statues, and inscriptions, are from time to time dug up in the neighbourhood. Caldecott Castle, the seat of the once powerful family of the Bohuns, is in the immediate vicinity.