Glastonbury Archaeology
The film documents a small research excavation carried out at Glastonbury Lake Village in 2014. The site is the best-preserved prehistoric settlement ever discovered in the UK. Waterlogged peat ensured the incredible preservation of Iron Age wooden structures. Filmmaker Justin Owen
The Glastonbury Lake Village
(April 24, 2024) The following is the wikipedia description:
Glastonbury Lake Village was an Iron Age village, situated on a crannog or man made island in the Somerset Levels, near Godney, some 3 miles (5 km) north west of Glastonbury in the southwestern English county of Somerset. It has been designated as a scheduled monument.
It has been described as "the best preserved prehistoric village ever found in the United Kingdom".[2] The site covered an area of 400 feet (122 m) north to south by 300 feet (91 m) east to west.[3] It was first constructed 250 B.C. by laying down timber and clay. Wooden houses and barns were then built on the clay base and occupied by up to 200 people at any time until the village was abandoned around 50 B.C.
The site was discovered by Arthur Bulleid in 1892 and excavated over the next 15 years. Artefacts uncovered include wooden and metal objects, many of which are now on display at The Tribunal in Glastonbury High Street, and in the Museum of Somerset in Taunton.
References
Bulleid, Arthur; Gray, Harold St. George (1911) The Glastonbury Lake Village, a full description of the excavations and the relics discovered, 1892-1907. Online at: https://archive.org/details/glastonburylakev02bulluoft
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