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Barland's Farm, Magor, Gwent: a Romano-Celtic boat

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

Nigel Nayling ,
David Maynard  and
Sean McGrail
Nigel Nayling
Affiliation:
Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust, Ferryside Warehouse, Bath Lane, Swansea, West Glamorgan SA1 1RD, Wales
David Maynard
Affiliation:
Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust, Ferryside Warehouse, Bath Lane, Swansea, West Glamorgan SA1 1RD, Wales
Sean McGrail
Affiliation:
Department of Archaeology, University of Southampton, Highfield, Southampton SO9 5NH, England
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Recent excavations on the Gwent Levels, in the wetlands of the Severn Estuary, south Wales, have recovered substantial remains of a waterlogged boat, of probable late 3rd- to early 4th-century AD date.

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Antiquity , Volume 68 , Issue 260 , September 1994 , pp. 596 - 603
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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd. 1994

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