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Intertidal Peat Deposits, Newport, The Bennett

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NPRN524762
Map ReferenceSN03NE
Grid ReferenceSN0508439883
Unitary (Local) AuthorityPembrokeshire
Old CountyPembrokeshire
CommunityNevern
Type Of SiteNATURAL FEATURE
PeriodMesolithic
Description
Exposures of intertidal peats have been reported at the edge of The Bennett. A possible flint working site has also been identified (flints found under the peat).

Sources include:
Bell, M, 2007, Prehistoric Coastal Communities: The Mesolithic in Western Britain, CBA Research Report 149, pg2
Dyfed Archaeological Trust HER ref: 32046
Lewis, M P, 1992, The Prehistory of Coastal Southwest Wales 7500-3600 BP: an interdisciplinary palaeoenvironmental and archaeological investigation, unpublished PhD thesis, Dept of Archaeology, University of Lampeter
Thomas, R 1923, Pygmy flints founds at Newport (Pembrokeshire), Archaeologia Cambrensis, 78, 325-6

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, January 2013.