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Bronze Age bridge identified at Testwood Lakes, Hampshire

Submitted by Andy B on Sunday, 02 November 2003  Page Views: 6067

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Fascinating evidence for the early use of rivers, including the oldest bridge found in England, emerged during the excavation of a reservoir and two lakes in Hampshire.

In 1996 Southern Water began to excavate at Testwood in Hampshire, to develop a reservoir to store water for 200,000 people in and around Southampton.

As with all major construction schemes, archaeologists were called in to see if there were any important remains from the past. While carrying out what they call a watching brief, staff from Wessex Archaeology came across fascinating evidence of early society, including part of the earliest bridge ever definitely identified in England, dating to the Middle Bronze Age, c1,500BC.

More: Wessex Archaeology Project web site
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Re: Bronze Age bridge identified at Testwood Lakes, Hampshire by kelpie on Thursday, 07 September 2006
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Try here http://www.fieldclub.hants.org.uk/
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Re: Bronze Age bridge identified at Testwood Lakes, Hampshire by Anonymous on Thursday, 07 September 2006
am interested in joining a dig in the hampshire area has anybody knowledge of one 7/9/06 215 chestnut avenue eastleigh hants so50 5bw
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Re: Bronze Age bridge identified at Testwood Lakes, Hampshire by arthur on Sunday, 02 November 2003
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bronze/neolithic age people were using rivers and natural features to find their way around a stone engraved map as been discovered at a site in s/w leicestershire, to view put burbage heritage and tourism group in the google search engine.arthur
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