This is a scaffold platform above Must Farm's 'structure 1'. Credit: D. Webb
Posted on 06/14/2019 12:10:04 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
Must Farm is located within the silts of a slow-flowing freshwater river, with stilted structures built to elevate the living quarters above the water. This palaeochannel (dating from 1700-100 BC) was active for centuries prior to the construction of Must Farm (approx. 1100-800 cal BC), and a causeway was built across the river...
Excavations between 2009 and 2012 revealed the remains of nine logboats in the palaeochannel, in addition to fish weirs and fish traps - further evidence of the long history of occupation in the landscape.
The Must Farm houses are the 'most completely preserved prehistoric domestic structures found in Britain', visible as 'hundreds of uprights or pile stumps, which together define the outline and internal settings of at least five stilted structures' enclosed by a palisade with an internal walkway.
The architecture reflects the conventions of the prehistoric British roundhouse, located in an unusual wetland setting. Uniquely, there is no evidence of repair to the structures, and strikingly, dendrochronological analysis has suggested that the timbers were still green when destroyed by fire.
The structures collapsed vertically, and the heavy roofs brought everything down with them into the sediment of the channel.
(Excerpt) Read more at eurekalert.org ...
This is a scaffold platform above Must Farm's 'structure 1'. Credit: D. Webb
Someone burned their town to the ground?
Smaug.
Of course! That means there is a great pile of gold somewhere nearby.
That's another possibility, but y'know, humans, we're inherently peaceful and non-violent. ;^)
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