Allen, J. R L. (1998). Magor Pill Multiperiod Site, The Romano-British Pottery, and Status as a Port. Archaeology in the Severn Estuary 9. Vol 9.
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Magor Pill Multiperiod Site, The Romano-British Pottery, and Status as a Port | ||
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Archaeology in the Severn Estuary 9 | ||
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Archaeology in the Severn Estuary | ||
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Substantial human activity ranged almost continuously from the Iron Age into the early modern period at Magor Pill (Gwent) but, because of coastal erosion, the surviving evidence takes the form chiefly of transposed pottery assemblages. A collection of 2,5I3 Romano-British sherds is described, together with an assemblage of I79 prehistoric sherds chiefly of the late Iron Age (including 1st cent AD). The Iron Age pottery is dominated by Calcite-tempered and Limestone-tempered Wares, and there are some sherds tempered with quartz sand. Dominating the Romano-British assemblage are vessels representing the local South Wales grey coarseware industry, but imported Southeast Dorset BBi is also important. The minor imported coarsewares are chiefly Southwest BBi, from Southwest England, and Severn Valley Ware and Grey Micaceous Ware,from the Severn Vale to the northeast. Also reaching the site were finewares from the Nene Valley, the New Forest and, especially, Oxfordshire. The mortaria are dominated by Oxfordshire products, but Caerleon legionary Ware is represented, and there are vessels possibly from other sources in the West and Southwest of England. The pottery evidence suggests that the Magor Pill settlement flourished in the later Roman period but that occupation had been continuous from the late Iron Age. In comparison with another wetland site in the area (Rumney Great Wharf), together with a range of dryland sites in southeast Wales, the status of Magor Pill seems to have been that of a well-endowed rural settlement with significant connections by coastal waters with other parts of the Severn Estuary, including the town of Caerleon with its nearby quay on the Usk. There is however, no evidence suggesting that Magor Pill was, in the Roman period, the first port of entry for goods crossing the Bristol Channel. | ||
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1998 | ||
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