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Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Hatfield Moor Alternative Name: Lindholme Neolithic timber trackway and platform
Country: England County: Yorkshire (South) Type: Ancient Trackway
Nearest Town: Doncaster  Nearest Village: Goole
Map Ref: SE7060407233
Latitude: 53.556981N  Longitude: 0.93566W
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Hatfield Moor submitted by Andy B : Excavation of the Hatfield Moor Trackway. Image copyright English Heritage / Tony Bartholomew (Bartpics), used with permission. (Vote or comment on this photo)
One of the earliest wooden trackways of its kind in Europe. Over 50 metres of so-called "corduroy track", where logs are laid together to form a roadway, on Hatfield Moors, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

The grid ref given is of the centre of the moor itself, awaiting further details. The photo shows a reconstruction of a very similar trackway that used to be at the Peat Moors Visitor Centre in Somerset. Given location is approximate.

Note: 20th July - Family Day to celebrate the opening of the Neolithic Lindholme Trackway and Platform Reconstruction, more details in the comments on our page
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Hatfield Moor submitted by Andy B : Excavation of the Hatfield Moor Trackway. Image copyright English Heritage / Tony Bartholomew (Bartpics), used with permission. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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SE7006 : Reflooded former Peat Workings by Glyn Drury
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20th July - Opening of the Neolithic Lindholme Trackway and Platform Reconstruction by Andy B on Friday, 14 June 2019
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20 July, 10:30am - 3:30pm, Open Event - Neolithic Lindholme Trackway and Platform Reconstruction

Join us as we celebrate the opening of the Late Neolithic Lindholme Trackway and Platform Reconstruction.
A family fun day to celebrate the trackway and platform reconstruction. Built by local volunteers, the trackway and platform has been created using Stone tools and techniques.
Activities include,
Neolithic Cheese Making - Booking required http://www.facebook.com/IoAHC

Discover the Neolithic with the UK's most accurate and popular travelling display by James Dilley's Ancient Craft. You can watch crafts like flintknapping (making stone tools), have a go at polishing a stone axe or grinding some Neolithic grain (Einkorn).
Experimental wood working—Join Mark Griffiths for this unique wood working experience. Learn what it takes to build a trackway using Stone Age tools. Booking required http://www.facebook.com/IoAHC

Talk prehistory with archaeologists Dr Henry Chapman and Dr Ben Gearey excavators of the original Hatfield Neolithic trackway.
Stone Age handling and replica items— Pick up and handle objects that would have been used during in the Neolithic.
Stone Age family trail - Follow the trail to find the boards.

Neolithic story telling - Join local author Addy as she creates a story on Hatfield Moors - Booking required http://www.facebook.com/IoAHC
Activity tent with Humberhead Peatlands NNR team
Free event.

Workshops will require booking. Booking links to follow on http://www.ioahc.net and http://www.facebook.com/IoAHC

20 July, 10:30am - 3:30pm

Car Parking is available at: Hatfield Moors at Boston Park off the A614 DN7 6DS
Additional information / directions
http://www.humberheadpeatlands.org.uk/index.php?page=access http://www.humberheadpeatlands.org.uk/index.php?page=contact

Isle of Axholme and Hatfield Chase Landscape Partnership
01724 297536

https://festival.archaeologyuk.org/events/open-event-neolithic-lindholme-trackway-and-platform-reconstruction-1559125827
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Talk Slides: A Neolithic Trackway on Hatfield Moors - a significant discovery by Andy B on Tuesday, 26 December 2017
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A Neolithic Trackway on Hatfield Moors - a significant discovery
Dr Henry Chapman & Dr Benjamin Gearey, Institute of Archaeology and Antiquity,
University of Birmingham (formerly WAERC, University of Hull)
http://thmcf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Trackway_talk_notes.pdf

Thorne and Hatfield Moors Conservation Forum
http://thmcf.org/
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Ancient trackway gets Scheduled status by Andy B on Monday, 18 December 2017
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When Mick Oliver stumbled across it over a decade ago he had no idea just how old it was.

The retired town and country planning officer was out walking on Hatfield Moor in 2004 when he spotted something odd sticking out of the peat.

This year the ancient trackway he discovered has been designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument, protecting it from damage or unauthorised change.

It is one of the more unusual historic sites to have been listed by Historic England, along with the Japanese Garden at Grantley Hall, Ripon, North Yorkshire, and the gardens in Skegness where Billy Butlin opened his first holiday camp.

Speaking to The Yorkshire Post at the time Mr Oliver said: “I looked down and I could see a straight line. I thought, that’s unusual, maybe it’s a bog oak - a fossilised tree - so I’ll go and have a look.

“But when I got there I could see seven parallel poles of pine lined up on the floor. This was most unusual.

“I could see axe marks on the wood and evidence that they had been tapered. Given their position in the peat, I pretty soon concluded they were old, possibly even Bronze Age.

More at
https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/ancient-trackway-and-billy-butlin-s-first-holiday-camp-gets-listed-status-1-8914942
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Re: Walker Discovers 5000 year old log path on moor by ryszard on Tuesday, 18 October 2005
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Difficult to tell from photos how wide the track is but appears several feet wide. You do not need a wide track to walk on, unless you are going "in procession" three or four or more abreast, a narrow path is enough. If you are dragging a weight on "runners" +/- other rollers on top of the runners, you need width. Any signs of wear on the corduroy? Any stones, wood henges anywhere nearer than those listed in the site above?
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Walker Discovers 5000 year old log path on moor by Andy B on Thursday, 06 October 2005
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FOR 5,000 years one of the world's oldest ever footpaths has remained a hidden secret, locked deep beneath the earth in South Yorkshire.

That was until walker Mick Oliver quite literally stumbled across it while one day traipsing across Hatfield Moor, near Doncaster, shortly after it was re-opened to walkers in October last year.
"I looked down and I could see a straight line. I thought, that's unusual, maybe it's a bog oak – a fossilised tree – so I'll go and have a look," said the retired town and country planning officer.
"But when I got there I could see seven parallel poles of pine lined up on the floor. This was most unusual. I knew what I was looking at was old.
"I could see axe marks on the wood and evidence that they had been tapered. Given their position in the peat, I pretty soon concluded they were old, possibly even Bronze Age.
"I looked to see how deep they were buried and worked out they may be some 2,500 years old. I never realised just how old they were until later."
But still not convinced about what he was seeing, Mr Oliver, 65, of Wadworth, Doncaster, sat down beside the logs and began eating his packed lunch.
He said: "I kept thinking, what if I am wrong? I am going to look very foolish here.
"But after my sandwiches I thought, stuff it. This discovery is too important, so I went to Doncaster Museum to report my find."
Without realising it, he had discovered one of the oldest tracks of its kind ever seen in the world.
It dates back to the Neolithic period and only two other pathways on the continent are thought to date back earlier – one in Holland and the other in Germany.
And now its very discovery could shed new light on the history of Neolithic man as the pathway yields more and more clues day by day to the dozens of archaeologists now poring over its every detail.

More:
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=1212340

No sign of my photo though :-(
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Re: Hatfield Moor by Andy B on Wednesday, 05 October 2005
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The trackway features in an upcoming conference in Sheffield:
http://www.sheffield.gov.uk/in-your-area/planning-and-city-development/urban-design--conservation/archaeology/arch-day

More about Hatfield Moor
http://www.bbc.co.uk/england/sevenwonders/yorkshire/moors/
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Re: Hatfield Moor by Andy B on Wednesday, 05 October 2005
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How do I know about this story? The press release went out with one of my photos to illustrate! (above).
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One of Europe's Earliest Neolithic Log Trackways Discovered by Andy B on Wednesday, 05 October 2005
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Archaeologists funded by English Heritage have unearthed one of the earliest wooden trackways of its kind in Europe, which may have been built to stave off the effects of climate change 5,000 years ago.

Over 50 metres of so-called "corduroy track", where logs are laid together to form a roadway, have been discovered on Hatfield Moors, near Doncaster, South Yorkshire.

The structure dating to the later Neolithic period is the oldest found in the UK. Only two other locations in Europe are thought be earlier. At its widest, it is four metres across and is uniquely made of pine wood.

Hatfield is one of the nation's most important raised mires, now undergoing restoration and re-wetting by English Nature, after years of peat extraction. Together with nearby Thorne Moor, it forms part of the Humberhead Peatlands National Nature Reserve.

Experts believe only one small section of the trackway has so far been found. They have now embarked on a second dig, this time funded by English Nature, to reveal more of its secrets.

Analysis of soil and pollen samples suggest the roadway was probably constructed because the ground was becoming increasingly waterlogged, the result of a change to warmer and wetter weather at the time. Until then the landscape had been characterised by woodland and heath, but rising water levels killed the trees and the mire began to form.

The trackway preserved an important route for Neolithic people and temporarily kept their feet dry. However, soon it was enveloped by the bog and shows no evidence of repair or modifications, presumably because it was abandoned. Radio carbon dating suggests the trackway was built between 2900 and 2500 BC.

Dr Henry Chapman, now of Birmingham University, has been part of the archaeological team investigating the site. He explained:

"This is a remarkable find of international significance. We know little of the people who built the trackway, but they were organised enough to respond to weather conditions on a pretty impressive scale. Little did they know that the wet conditions were no short-term aberration, but part of a wider change that re-shaped their landscape. We are also very excited by the possibility that the terminus, or landfall, of the track may still be found. If so, that would make the find another first in British archaeology."

Timbers from the trackway were discovered accidentally by conservationist Mick Oliver, from Wadworth, Doncaster. He was walking the moor to celebrate its opening to the public when he spotted what he described as an " unnatural straight line" in the peat. On closer inspection, he found some of the timbers and uncertain what to do, sat down for lunch before opting to report the find to the local museum. He explained:

"I could see axe marks on the wood and evidence that they had been tapered. Given their position in the peat, I pretty soon concluded they were old, possibly even Bronze Age. But of course we now know they are even older. It really is the find of a lifetime."

The trackway was probably built before Stonehenge. But to fully interpret its significance, archaeologists want to find out where the trackway leads.

It's construction would not have been undertaken lightly, so it must have played a key role at a time when society was becoming less nomadic and more tribal.

Ian Panter, English Heritage Scientific Advisor, said:

"We had archaeologists working nearby at the time on a project to devise ways of predicting where ancient remains might be found in raised mires. That exercise quickly became the real thing and developed into a fully fledged dig when the timbers were spotted."

The second phase of excavation to learn more about the structure will last five days, before the trackway is back-filled. This is the best way of preserving the timbers. Work can only take place during the driest months, hence the year-long ga

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