Archaeologist says council is destroying historic site
A RARE Norman site is being irreparably damaged and is in danger of being destroyed, according to a respected archaeologist.
Stephen Clarke, the head of a professional archaeological unit and chairman of Monmouth Archaeological Society, insisted the remains of a defensive ditch which once lined the ancient town of Clawdd Du in Monmouthshire could soon be lost forever.
Mr Clarke, who was made an MBE for services to archaeology, claims Monmouthshire council had “ignorantly” excavated a trench several feet deep along the Overmonnow site and had cut through the thin archaeological levels into the underlying natural shales....
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Stephen Clarke, the head of a professional archaeological unit and chairman of Monmouth Archaeological Society, insisted the remains of a defensive ditch which once lined the ancient town of Clawdd Du in Monmouthshire could soon be lost forever.
Mr Clarke, who was made an MBE for services to archaeology, claims Monmouthshire council had “ignorantly” excavated a trench several feet deep along the Overmonnow site and had cut through the thin archaeological levels into the underlying natural shales....