Crossing the River Wye at Chepstow in the UK, archaeologists have discovered a 2,000-year-old wooden bridge connecting England and Wales.
Although the bridge was discovered and partially excavated in 1911, it has since been buried in mud, and detective work was required to discover the bridge's exact location.
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| Evidence of a wooden bridge connecting England and Wales around 2,000 years ago |
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| Evidence of a wooden bridge connecting England and Wales around 2,000 years ago |
The bridge, believed to have been built by the Romans 2,000 years ago, was found preserved in mud about half a mile upstream of Chepstow to the village of Tutshill in Gloucestershire.
Timber samples will undergo carbon dating to determine the exact age of the bridge.
Previously, evidence of prehistoric, Roman and Anglo-Saxon fortifications were found at Chepstow, and a 12th-century Norman castle built by he Norman Lord William FitzOsbern is located there.
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| Chepstow Castle (Welsh: Castell Cas-gwent) at Chepstow, Monmouthshire, Wales is the oldest surviving post-Roman stone fortification in Britain |