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Excavations South of the Legionary Fortress at Usk, Gwent, 1994

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  09 November 2011

D.J. Maynard
Affiliation:
Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust

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Usk (Burrium) has long been considered a Roman site. Its identification as a pre-Flavian military site was made by Boon, following his reassessment of material recovered in the nineteenth century. Subsequently a series of excavations was undertaken between 1965 and 1976 by Professor W.H. Manning on behalf of University College, Cardiff and the Department of the Environment (later the Ancient Monuments Branch of the Welsh Office). Since 1975 work in Usk has been carried out by the Glamorgan-Gwent Archaeological Trust.

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Britannia , Volume 29 , November 1998 , pp. 247 - 267
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Copyright © A.G. Marvell and D.J. Maynard 1998. Exclusive Licence to Publish: The Society for the Promotion of Roman Studies

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