Roman Settlement and Salt Production on the Somerset Coast: The Work of Sam Nash

Abstract

This paper describes some of the work of the Somerset archaeologist and local historian Samuel Nash (1913-1985) relating to the coastal alluvial areas of the Somerset Levels between 1956 and 1978. His various archives have become scattered between several libraries, museums and private collections, and one aim of this paper is to provide a handlist of the records that survive. The second aim is to use Nash's own data to reconstruct the Roman landscape around Burnham-on-Sea and Brent Knoll where a variety of settlements were discovered, some associated with salt production.