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<< Our Photo Pages >> Abbot's Way - Ancient Trackway in England in Somerset

Submitted by vicky on Saturday, 08 October 2005  Page Views: 17256

Neolithic and Bronze AgeSite Name: Abbot's Way
Country: England County: Somerset Type: Ancient Trackway

Map Ref: ST419425  Landranger Map Number: 182
Latitude: 51.178767N  Longitude: 2.832554W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
3

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Peat Moors Centre - The Abbot's Way
Peat Moors Centre - The Abbot's Way submitted by Andy B : The Abbot's Way, another reconstruction from the Peat Moors Visitor Centre, originally from c.2000BC. (Vote or comment on this photo)
A Neolithic Trackway in Somerset, the photo is of a reconstruction that was at the Peat Moors Visitor Centre. Ironically this was washed away in a flood!

The real trackway was at ST 4092 4297 to ST 4275 4224

Note: Britain's ancient trackways destroyed by agriculture, see comments.
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Re: Abbot's Way by dudley on Sunday, 28 April 2019
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In the 1990s the late Ted Sammes donated material to the Hendon and District Archaeology Society (HADAS). We are now going through the material and have found a piece of wood labelled 'ALDER WOOD FROM ABBOTS WAY. DATED 2850 BC. WE have no more information about it but a little research showed that it must be from the Abbots Way trackway in Somerset.

I am unable to upload a photo as the one I have is 3.6 mb - way over the limit, but I can email it if anyone is interested.

Does anyone know whether this is of any value or just one of many similar samples? We would probably be happy to donate it to join other finds from the site subject to our chairman's approval.

Dudley Miles
dudleyramiles@googlemail.com
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Re: Abbot's Way by Andy B on Tuesday, 11 October 2005
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See also Times Online

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,61-1818469,00.html
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Re: Abbot's Way by mishkin on Sunday, 09 October 2005
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The sad thing is with all this ancient site loss, that everyone says they are doing something now - a bit like shutting the stable door after the horse has bolted - when it should have been ages ago. All this has been known for years about peat removal and drying out, so where were the archaeologists then, or was'nt site protection important, they were after all scheduled monuments.
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Re: Abbot's Way by Andy B on Saturday, 08 October 2005
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See also http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,11711,1587420,00.html

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Fragile peatland sites in peril by Andy B on Friday, 07 October 2005
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Two late prehistoric wooden trackways on the Somerset moors have dried out and been lost according to a new study.
Severe damage was also found at an Iron Age wetland settlement and nine other nationally important sites.

The study blames the losses on the drying up of prehistoric wetland archaeology by arable farming.

Richard Brunning, of Somerset County Council Heritage Service said: "It was a shock to see the damage that desiccation has caused."

Stewardship Scheme

During the summer, the ground water table drops below the waterlogged remains, which causes them to dry out.

Two Neolithic trackways, The Abbot's Way and Bell Track (3000-2500 BC), were only 40cm from the present ground surface meaning they were always above the water level.

At three other sites, including a late Bronze Age structure possibly used for rituals, the water table dipped below the wooden remains for between three and five months during the summer.

The study claims current farming practices are not providing sufficient irrigation of peat soil to preserve the monuments.

It also warns other fragile archaeological sites, some of which are more than 5,000 years old, could be all but destroyed by agricultural drainage within a century.

English Heritage is now calling for farmers to join Defra's Environmental Stewardship Scheme which rewards them for preserving the monuments through maintaining raised water levels and converting arable land to pasture.

The study was paid for by English Heritage, Somerset County Council and the Environment Agency.

Photo: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/somerset/4309832.stm
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Re: Abbot's Way by Andy B on Wednesday, 05 October 2005
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More about this trackway here: http://webapp1.somerset.gov.uk/her/details.asp?prn=23789
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