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Roman Seasonal Wetland Pasture Exploitation near Nash, on the Gwent Levels, Wales

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

F.M. Meddens  and
M. Beasley
F.M. Meddens
Affiliation:
Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, London, [email protected]
M. Beasley
Affiliation:
Pre-Construct Archaeology Ltd, London, [email protected]
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The site of the Nash Waste Water Treatment Works (hereafter called WWTW) lies on the northern bank of the Severn Estuary, 4 km south of Newport (Casnewydd) (NGR ST 337 840), on the flood plain of the Severn, at the mouth of the River Usk (FIG. 1). The area forms part of the coastal wetlands of the Gwent Levels. Alluvial silts, the result of sediment deposition associated with post-glacial sea-level rise, are interleaved with layers of peat, characterised as the Wentlooge Formation, and overlie Triassic Mercia Mudstone bed-rock.

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Britannia , Volume 32 , November 2001 , pp. 143 - 184
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Copyright © F.M. Meddens and M. Beasley 2007. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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