A 3,500-year-old British timber monument is drying out underground; a £700,000 excavation will race to record it as 40% of buried archaeology risks being lost within months
- Recent evaluation excavations confirmed that ancient worked timber and other organic evidence are already deteriorating.
- The danger is particularly urgent because around 40% of the site's buried archaeology could be lost within just a few months if the deterioration continues.
- For thousands of years, the mud beneath the fields near Peterborough quietly held onto a remarkable secret.
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- Recent evaluation excavations confirmed that ancient worked timber and other organic evidence are already deteriorating.
- The danger is particularly urgent because around 40% of the site's buried archaeology could be lost within just a few months if the deterioration continues.
- For thousands of years, the mud beneath the fields near Peterborough quietly held onto a remarkable secret.
Sources: Times of India