Caught in time warp, a Bronze age village in rural England

Caught in time warp, a Bronze age village in rural England

January 31, 2016 - 1:18:00 pm

London: It has been described as Britain's Pompeii, a Bronze Age settlement from around 3,000 years ago, frozen in time.

Archaeologists are preparing to remove roof timbers from homes once occupied by ancient Britons to reveal the secrets of their lives, reports Xinhua news agency.

The Italian city of Pompeii was trapped in time by a volcanic eruption, the settlement at Must Farm in Cambridgeshire was hit by fire, causing the timber houses to collapse into a river bed where they have been preserved in silt. It is thought the families were forced to flee, leaving behind their possessions.

A team from Cambridge Archaeological Unit, part of the city's famous university, rate the site as Britain's best preserved Bronze Age dwellings.

It is thought there was a settlement of around six circular dwellings on the site at Must Farm, built on wooden stilts above a river channel.

Once the roof support timbers have been carefully catalogued, they will be removed to expose the contents of the houses.

The dig at Must Farm has this week reached its half way stage, already documenting hundreds of pieces of remains and finds.

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