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Harters Hill pile toolmarks - Well preserved toolmarks made by a bronze axe, forming a point on an oak pile from a ritual wooden structure at Harters Hill. The pile is from a tree felled in 1076 BC. As the site dries out the toolmarks will distort and the sapwood, that allows such a precise dating by dendrochronology, will decay. Photo copyright Somerset County Council.

Harters Hill

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Submitted byAndy B
AddedAug 16 2007
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Harters Hill pile toolmarks - Well preserved toolmarks made by a bronze axe, forming a point on an oak pile from a ritual wooden structure at Harters Hill. The pile is from a tree felled in 1076 BC. As the site dries out the toolmarks will distort and the sapwood, that allows such a precise dating by dendrochronology, will decay. Photo copyright Somerset County Council.

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