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Coal from the Legionary Fortress of Caerleon, Monmouthshire

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

H. F. Adams ,
E. Bradburn  and
George C. Boon
H. F. Adams
Affiliation:
National Coal Board, Cardiff.
E. Bradburn
Affiliation:
National Coal Board, Sheffield.
George C. Boon
Affiliation:
National Museum Of Wales, Cardiff.
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Abstract

Fragments of coal found in contexts of the third century A.D. at the legionary fortress of Caerleon (Isca) are assigned from intrinsic evidence to a local source. A brief comment on the use of coal in Roman Britain follows.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 102 , Issue 6 , December 1965 , pp. 469 - 473
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1965

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