Allen, J. R L. and Rippon, S. J. (1996). The historical simplification of coastal flood defences: four case histories from the Severn Estuary Levels, S W Britain. Trans Bristol Gloucestershire Archaeol Soc 113. Vol 113, pp. 73-88.
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The historical simplification of coastal flood defences: four case histories from the Severn Estuary Levels, S W Britain | |||
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Trans Bristol Gloucestershire Archaeol Soc 113 | |||
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Transactions of the Bristol & Gloucestershire Archaeological Society | |||
Volume Volume number and part |
113 | |||
Page Start/End The start and end page numbers. |
73 - 88 | |||
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Abstract The abstract describing the content of the publication or report |
Field and documentary studies, centred on Hill Pill (Avon), Magor Pill (Gwent), Cold Harbour Pill (Gwent), and Oldbury Pill (Avon), show that over the last four hundred years the seabanks defending the Levels have been shortened, mainly by moving outfall structures progressively seaward along the streams and rivers. The process, which is continuing, reduces maintenance costs and risks, and appears to have been driven by an accelerating relative rise in sea level since the seventeenth century. This is evinced by survival of increasingly large and elaborate outfall works and seabanks. Some early outfall structures, at Hill Pill and Magor Pill (Prat Reen), have partly survived later repositioning of the sea defences. | |||
Year of Publication The year the book, article or report was published |
1996 | |||
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20 Jan 2002 |