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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