Why the Romans were better at Somerset flood management than the…
THE recent severe flooding of the Somerset Levels provides an interesting new perspective on the history of the region and modern day political and economic realities bearing upon its flood management.History records that great efforts to control flooding began with the Romans and ran on through the management of the area by Glastonbury Abbey and later the immigrant Dutch; over time they transformed the area from a semi-tidal marshland into one of the most productive agricultural areas in the…

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Author: Wells Journal