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A Plank Tank from Nantwich

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

Robina McNeil
Affiliation:
Archaeological Services, Liverpool University.
A.F. Roberts
Affiliation:
Archaeological Services, Liverpool University.

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Britannia , Volume 18 , November 1987 , pp. 287 - 295
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Copyright © Robina McNeil and A.F. Roberts 1987. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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