CPAT Regional Sites & Monuments Record

PRN 17399 (part of 10000 ) - Offa's Dyke - Ffrith (Sunny Bank), excavation 1992

TRIAL EXCAVATION REVEALED ROMAN FINDS INCLUDING ROAD OR HARD STANDING (BRASSIL, K., 1990, 54).

EXCAVATIONS BY CPAT PRIOR TO BUILDING WORK. BANK SURVIVED 0.8M ABOVE ORIGINAL GROUND SURFACE COMPOSED OF DUMPS OF SILTY CLAY AND LAYERS OF ANGULAR STONE. SEALED ROMAN OCCUPATION INCLUDING ROAD/YARD SURFACE AND C1ST-2ND FINDS (JONES, N.W. & BRASSIL, K. 1992, 70-71).

Sources:-
Brassil, K , 1990 , "Sunnybank, Ffrith ", Archaeology in Wales 30 , 54 .
Jones, N W & Brassil, K , 1992 , "Offa's Dyke, Sunnybank, Ffrith ", Archaeology in Wales 32 , 71-71 .

Finds:-
0 / Unknown / Object / Roman / / () - TRIAL EXCAVATION REVEALED ROMAN FINDS (BRASSIL, K., 1990, 54).
0 / Unknown / Object / Roman / / () - Finds of C1st -C2nd discovered under Offas Dyke associated with Roman features (JONES, N.W. & BRASSIL, K. 1992, 70-71).

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