Isca Dumnoniorum again around 680 with a document that reporting that St Boniface was educated at the abbey in Exeter. Much of the Roman wall survives as the lower courses or inner core of the medieval city walls, 70% of which still exist, largely built on the orders of Alfred the Great to protect the far west of his kingdom following the Viking occupation of 876. The legionary bath complex was excavated in the 1970s, but because of its proximity to the cathedral it was not practicable to retain the excavation for public view. Artifacts from the excavation, however, are displayed with
National Roman Legion Museum It was occupied and operational for just over 200 years. The National Roman Legion Museum lies inside what remains of the fortress, and contains many artefacts from the period of Isca Augusta of Legio II Augusta from Roman currency to uniforms. A short walk from the National Roman Legion Museum is the remains of Isca Augusta: "See: main articles Isca Augusta and Caerleon". The museum is located in the centre of Roman Isca, on what was the "via principalis" leading to the amphitheatre. The first museum building was the Antiquarian Museum of 1850. This was built to a design by