Post Track

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The Post Track ( German  "Pfostenweg" ) is a Neolithic wooden footbridge in the valley of the River Brue, in the Somerset Levels in Somerset in England . It comes from the year 3838 BC. And is about 30 years older than the neighboring Sweet Track . Various sections have been protected as Scheduled Monument .

The Somerset Levels are wetlands and peatlands. The conditions of such areas can lead to the conservation of organic materials. Dugout canoes , wooden artifacts and structures as well as the two well-preserved Iron Age villages Glastonbury and Meare with the Meare Heath Track and Abbot's Way were found in the levels .

The wooden path was constructed from long ash boards with lime and hazel posts at intervals of three meters. The path follows in close line with the Sweet Track; before the planks were dated, it was suspected that it served as a building platform for the Sweet Track. It is believed that it led to places of spiritual importance. The footbridge was probably planned as a permanent facility, as the route was maintained, repaired and replaced when it was rotted. Some wood planks were reused in the Sweet Track, which made dating more complicated.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sweet Track . Severn Estuary Levers Research Committee. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  2. ^ Richard Brunning: A window on the past - The prehistoric archeology of the Somerset Moors . In: Pat Hill-Cottingham, Derek Briggs, Richard Brunning, Andy King and Graham Rix (Eds.): The Somerset Wetlands: An ever changing environment . Somerset Books, Wellington, Somerset 2006, ISBN 978-0-86183-432-7 , pp. 40-41 .
  3. ^ Sections of the Sweet Track, the Post Track and associated remains 500m north east of Moorgate Farm . Historic England. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  4. ^ Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 240m south west of Sunnyside Farm . Historic England. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  5. ↑ Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 250m ESE of Station House . Historic England. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  6. ^ Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 650m east of Canada Farm . Historic England. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  7. ↑ Novel Guide - Trackways and Boats ( Memento of the original from April 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.novelguide.com
  8. ↑ Brunning, Richard - Neolithic and bronze-age Somerset: a wetland perspective ( Memento of the original of March 24, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www1.somerset.gov.uk
  9. ↑ 10740: Post Track, Shapwick Heath . South West Heritage Trust. Retrieved September 30, 2016.
  10. ^ AWR Whittle Europe in the Neolithic: the creation of new worlds ; P. 236
  11. ↑ JM Coles, BJ Coles: Dendrochronology of the English Neolithic: Part 11: the Sweet Track date . (PDF, 2 MB) In: Antiquity . 64, No. 243, 1990, pp. 216-220.

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Coordinates: 51 ° 9 ′ 44.8 "  N , 2 ° 49 ′ 30.1"  W.