DISCOVERED: Amazing Bronze Age village preserved in mud could be Britain's Pompeii
BRITAIN’S best preserved Bronze Age settlement was revealed yesterday, complete with 3,000-year-old footprints.
Archaelogists have uncovered the charred roof of a 3,000-year-old house at the historic site
It even contains traces of the meals that were eaten in the wooden roundhouses, near Peterborough, Cambs.
The dwellings were built on stilts but caught fire towards the end of the Bronze Age and collapsed into the river.
Historic England, which is funding the Must Farm clay quarry dig with site owner Forterra, said the settlement, preserved in mud and water, is “an extraordinary time capsule”.
The remains of a charred wooden bucket base uncovered at Must Farm
The archaeologists are halfway through the four-year £1.1million excavation of the site
The Cambridge Archaeological Unit have found charred roof timbers, posts with tool marks and the wooden posts of a palisade fence which enclosed the site.
We can actually see everyday life during the Bronze Age
The archaeologists, halfway through a four-year £1.1million excavation, have found the residents’ footprints in the waterlogged sediment about 6ft below current ground level.
Also found are textiles made from plant fibres such as lime tree bark and cups, bowls and jars with meals inside.
Historic England’s Duncan Wilson, said: “We can actually see everyday life during the Bronze Age.”
Researchers called the perfectly preserved settlement an 'extraordinary time capsule'