The pre-historic site at the Parc Glyndwr development has been confirmed as Bronze Age.

Monmouth archaeologists have published the latest radiocarbon dates from the Rockfield Road site and say the scientific results show the information given to the Heritage Minister by civil servants that the site was not Bronze Age was "manifestly erroneous".

Monmouth Archaeology, a professional archaeological unit, has been trying for almost a month to refute a statement from the Welsh Heritage Minister Huw Lewis that the remains it is working on are not Bronze Age but are Roman drains.

They claim that the Minister's statement was based on a 10-minute visit by a Cadw representative while they have been working on the site since the spring.

"The latest six scientific dates, which were produced by the Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre, show conclusively that the site is Bronze Age and that one area is even a 1,000 years older," said Steve Clarke of Monmouth Archaeology, who showed Monmouth AM Nick Ramsay around the site last week.