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"Herefordshire Council has found a section of laid stone surface dating from the early Bronze Age, the only discovery of its kind in Europe." The surface appears to be made of fired pieces of stone laid out in the shape of a serpent. Part of the surface will be intersected by a new road but, fortunately, not destroyed; the new road will be laid over the Bronze Age surface and the rest investigated.

More at -

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6268900.stm

http://www.smr.herefordshire.gov.uk/news_events2/RotherwasNews2.htm

http://anthropology.net/2007/07/04/rotherwas-ribbon-a-bronze-age-site-unique-in-europe/

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/hereford/worcs/6285224.stm

Posted by Littlestone
4th July 2007ce

Edited 10th July 2007ce

Comments (2)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/herefordandworcester/content/image_galleries/rotherwas_ribbon_gallery.shtml?7 picture gallery	Posted by p0ds 5th July 2007ce


Petitions/sites on saving the "Rotherwas Ribbon" http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/rotherwas/ http://www.rotherwasribbon.com/	Posted by MelMel 11th July 2007ce

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