Sweet Track

Sweet Track
Bob Harvey · CC BY-SA 2.0

Built in 3807 BC, the Sweet Track is a Neolithic timber causeway in the Somerset Levels, England, named after its discoverer Ray Sweet. It is the second-oldest timber trackway found in the British Isles, constructed largely along the route of the earlier Post Track[1].

TypeRoad/avenue/trackway
Period4500 - 3000 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.1642° N, 2.8264° W

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