Crick, Monmouthshire an important junction on the Roman road sometimes known as the "Via Julia" which ran from Bath ("Aquae Sulis") across the Severn estuary to Sudbrook and on to Caerwent ("Venta Silurum") and Caerleon ("Isca Augusta"), now in Wales. At Crick the route met the roads to Gloucester ("Glevum") and Monmouth ("Blestium"). There is also evidence of an early Norman motte and bailey castle at Ballan Moor near Crick, probably built by the Ballon family in the late 11th or early 12th century. In July 1645, during the English Civil War, a mediaeval hall at Crick was the site of a
Aquae Sulis ("deiada" "goddess"); "Andagin" - accusative feminine "woman"; "Cuamenai" - locative/dative feminine of "Cuamena" It was the religious settlement, rather than the road junction further north, which was given defensive stone walls, probably in the 3rd century. The area within - of approximately - was largely open ground, but soon began to be filled in. There is some dispute as to whether these new buildings were private dwellings or were associated with servicing the pilgrims to the temple. There was also a ribbon development along the northern road outside the walls and cemeteries beyond. From the later 3rd century on, the