page_title: Blestium
hierarchical_section_title: Blestium
caption_attribution_description: English: Blue plaque situated on a wall outside Lloyds TSB bank, in Monmouth, Wales. The plaque, erected in 2009, commemorates the Roman Fort of Blestium, the remains of which now lie under the town.
context_page_description: Blestium was a small fort and iron working centre in the Roman province of Britannia Superior, part of Roman Britain. It has been identified with the site of the later town of Monmouth in south east Wales, located adjoining the confluence of the River Monnow with the River Wye. A plaque on the local bank records its position.
context_section_description: Blestium (also Blestio in the Antonine Itinerary (Iter XIII)) was a small fort and iron working centre in the Roman province of Britannia Superior, part of Roman Britain. It has been identified with the site of the later town of Monmouth in south east Wales, located adjoining the confluence of the River Monnow with the River Wye. A plaque on the local bank records its position.
caption: A plaque on Lloyds TSB records the fort's position.
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