Somerset Levels
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The Somerset Levels are a coastal plain and wetland area of Somerset, England, running south from the Mendips to the Blackdown Hills.
The Somerset Levels, seen from Glastonbury Tor
Glastonbury Tor
The River Brue in an artificial channel draining farmland near Glastonbury
Greylake sluice on King's Sedgemoor Drain
Sweet Track
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The Sweet Track is an ancient trackway, or causeway, in the Somerset Levels, England, named after its finder, Ray Sweet. It was built in 3807 BC and is the second-oldest timber trackway discovered in
Somerset Levels
…sea lakes". The Neolithic people continued to exploit the reedswamps for their natural resources and started to construct wooden trackways such as the Sweet and Post Tracks. The Sweet Track, named after the peat digger who discovered it in 1970 and dating from the 3800s BC, is the world's oldest timber…
Part of the Sweet Track oak causeway, British Museum
The Sweet Track was found in the Somerset Levels
A polished jadeitite axe head from the Museum of Toulouse
Diagram showing a cross section of the Sweet Track