What is recorded here
This blue commemorative plaque records: The Friars. Home of Octavius Morgan (1803-88). Antiquarian and horologist brother of 1st Lord Tredegar, MP for Monmouthshire 1841-74. Initiator of archaeological fieldwork at Caerwent and Caerleon and the Legionary Museum.
Octavius Morgan was a prominent antiquarian and horologist who significantly contributed to archaeological fieldwork in Wales, particularly at Caerwent and Caerleon, enhancing understanding of Roman Britain.
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