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Multi-periodSite Name: Blick MeadCountry: England County: Wiltshire Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Amesbury
Map Ref: SU1487242013
Latitude: 51.177162N Longitude: 1.788632W
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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Mesolithic Settlement in Wiltshire. Some archeologists think this area, a mile from Stonehenge, could be key to the beginnings of people living in Britain because evidence of occupancy has been found to be continuous from 7600 BC to 4246 BC, 3000 years encompassing the time when Britain became an island.
Teeth belonging to aurochs - huge creatures even larger than bulls - as well as burnt charcoal found at the dig indicate Stone Age man feasted on the creatures. Evidence they also feasted on salmon, trout and hazlenuts has been dug up.
David Jacques, who has been running digs at the site for a decade, said: “This is a key site for where Britain began. It is the only continuously occupied Mesolithic site in Western Europe. Something at Blick Mead kept attracting generations back to the site, the cradle of Stonehenge. These people are adapting to nature in a really sophisticated and intuitive way, in contrast to our Government in the 21st century who are expecting nature and our history to adapt to our needs to build a tunnel through this precious countryside.”
For more on the excavations at this site see the comments on our Vespasian's Camp page.
Note: Newly discovered Mesolithic house in a tree throw, under threat from proposed Stonehenge tunnel [not this actual tree!]
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