Roman settlement dating back 2,000 years found under new-build estate
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Excavations in Mancot, Flintshire discovered a "very significant" Roman settlement including a jewellery workshop with dozens of artefacts — brooches, moulds, coins, and pottery — now undergoing conservation at the National Museum of Wales before display in north-east Wales.
The site is now covered by new housing; the excavation is complete.
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