![]() ![]() To enable EDF Energy to start construction of the bypass later this year the company began preparatory works at the site in April, including ecological works, vegetation clearance and archaeological investigations. A new bypass to the west of Cannington was approved as part of the Development Consent Order for Hinkley Point C to ensure that construction traffic travels around the village once it has been completed. It is great to think that some will then be incorporated into a replica Roman exhibit being built at Avalon Marshes and available for more people to see. Development such as this bypass helps drive archaeology as we simply wouldn't have had the opportunity to see the site today otherwise. ![]() A report will then be produced and the special finds and archives deposited at the Museum of Somerset in Taunton. Dating from around AD, such Roman buildings are relatively uncommon here. Remains of a prominent building dating from around the 2nd to 3rd Centuries AD and traces of Iron Age buildings were also found at the site. ![]()
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