guy Posted Saturday at 07:24 PM Report Share Posted Saturday at 07:24 PM (edited) There have been many previous posts on the recent Ancient Roman finds in Wales. The latest is a Roman settlement in north-east Wales in Mancot near the English borders. A number of brooches have been found (pictured above). The settlement has been found at new housing estate (pictured below). https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c6r7ydgl44z7o Edited 28 minutes ago by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guy Posted 32 minutes ago Author Report Share Posted 32 minutes ago (edited) Here’s a follow-up to the above post. Here is the outline of this 3rd century Romano-British site: The site is just a few miles (6-7) from the Halkyn Mountains. There has been some suggestion that this site is an industrial site, possibly for the mining of lead and silver from the mountain. Here is a coin of Commodus (reign AD 177-192) from the excavation: Here is a large Roman brooch found at the site: https://www.leaderlive.co.uk/news/26714287.roman-settlement-found-castle-green-homes-hawarden-site/ Edited 15 minutes ago by guy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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