Portskewett The village lost its railway station (on the Newport to Gloucester line) when it was closed under the Beeching Axe in 1964. Black Rock, on the Severn estuary immediately south east of the village, has been an important crossing point of the River Severn for many centuries. Numerous coins found in the mud show that it was in constant use throughout the Roman period, on the route between Aquae Sulis (Bath) and Venta Silurum (Caerwent). By the 18th century, a regular ferry service crossed the Severn estuary from Black Rock to New Passage on the Bristol side, carrying passengers, cattle
Roman bridge on Ilidža Roman bridge on Ilidža The Roman bridge on Ilidža (Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian: "Rimski Most" / Римски мост) is a bridge located in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It was built in the 16th century using actual Roman stones and crosses the Bosna river. The Roman Bridge is located not far from Vrelo Bosne on the Bosna river in the Ilidža municipality, which was built sometime between 1530 and 1550 from the original Roman stones and ruins of the bridge that stood there during the Roman period used to connect the Romans with the village of Aquae Sulphurae at the time.