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A New Radio-carbon Date for Wales

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THIS communication presents the results of a radio-carbon age determination on organic material recently found in fluvioglacial deposits exposed in the workings of the Cardiganshire Sand and Gravel Co. at Banc-y-Warren (Cardiganshire), (SN 202482). This well developed kame-complex was described by Williams in 1927 (ref. 1).

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    M. J. F. BROWN, I. D. ELLIS-GRUFFYDD, H. D. FOSTER & D. J. UNWIN

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BROWN, M., ELLIS-GRUFFYDD, I., FOSTER, H. et al. A New Radio-carbon Date for Wales. Nature 213, 1220–1221 (1967). https://doi.org/10.1038/2131220a0

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