UK's oldest town dates back 10,000 years

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Amesbury dates back to 8,820 BC.


Amesbury in Wiltshire, the home of Stonehenge, has been revealed to be the oldest town in Britain.

Officially regarded as the birthplace of history in Britain, the town was founded more than 10 millennia ago by British settlers and has been occupied continuously since 8,820 BC.

The revelation helps to shed light on the origins of the neolithic monument Stonehenge which was once thought to have been a new build constructed in an otherwise empty landscape.

"The area was clearly a hub point for people to come to from many miles away, and in many ways was a forerunner for what later went on at Stonehenge itself," said researcher David Jacques. "The first monuments at Stonehenge were built by these people."

Archaeologists were able to determine the origins of Amesbury by using carbon dating techniques on a haul of animal bones, including wild boar and red deer, uncovered at a nearby dig site.

"We are naturally delighted at the confirmation of Amesbury's longevity as the oldest continuous inhabited place in England," said Amesbury History Centre spokesman Bill Dunn. "We have always known Amesbury as somewhere special and this confirms it."



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Its seems a bit coincidental that mainstream are trickling back towards
the last Ice age ......Gobekli Tepi now this and I expect more sites will
be re accessed. Graham Hancock and Robert Bauval opened my eyes
to this with their work on Quest for the Lost Civilisation (1998) and
below, as well as other talks and documentaries ....


Graham Hancock Underworld Flooded Kingdoms Of The Ice Age (2002)

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I want to see Stonehenge again really badly.
Didn't get to go close last time. Only watched from a bus.

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1 May 2014 Last updated at 15:20

Amesbury in Wiltshire confirmed as oldest UK settlement


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Stonehenge Amesbury - including Stonehenge - is the UK's longest continually-
occupied settlement A Wiltshire town has been confirmed as the longest continuous
settlement in the United Kingdom.Amesbury, including Stonehenge, has been
continually occupied since BC8820, experts have found.The news was confirmed
following an archaeological dig which also unearthed evidence of frogs' legs being
eaten in Britain 8,000 years before France.Amesbury's place in history has also now
been recognised by the Guinness Book of Records.

David Jacques, from the University of Buckingham, said: "The site blows the lid off
the Neolithic Revolution in a number of ways.

"It provides evidence for people staying put, clearing land, building, and presumably worshipping, monuments.

"The area was clearly a hub point for people to come to from many miles away, and
in many ways was a forerunner for what later went on at Stonehenge itself.

"The first monuments at Stonehenge were built by these people. For years people
have been asking why is Stonehenge where it is, now at last, we have found the
answers."

Mr Jacques said the River Avon, which runs through the area, would have been like
an A road with people travelling along it.

"They may have had the equivalent of local guides and there would have been
feasting," he added.

"We have found remains of big game animals, such as aurochs and red deer, and
an enormous amount of burnt flint from their feasting fires."

Site of the Amesbury dig The dig unearthed the largest haul of worked flints from
the Mesolithic period

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Previously, Thatcham in Berkshire, 40 miles from Amesbury, held the record for the
longest continuous settlement in the country.The dig in Amesbury also uncovered
31,000 worked flints in 40 days as well as animal bones such as frogs' legs.

Mr Jacques said our ancestors were eating a "Heston Blumenthal-style menu".

The find was based on a report by fossil mammal specialist Simon Parfitt, of the
Natural History Museum.

Andy Rhind-Tutt, the founder of Amesbury Museum and Heritage Trust, said there
was "something unique and rather special about the area" to keep people there
from the end of the Ice Age, to when Stonehenge was created and until today.

"The fact that the feasting of large animals and the discovery of a relatively
constant temperature spring sitting alongside the River Avon, may well be it," he said.

The dig was filmed and made into a documentary by the BBC, Smithsonian, CBC
and others to be screened later in the summer.

The project was led by the University of Buckingham.

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Britain's oldest town revealed: Amesbury - near to Stonehenge - is found to date
back more than TEN MILLENNIA Thatcham, Buckinghamshire was previously said to
be UK's oldest town

But researchers have now bestowed the title on Amesbury in Wiltshire
The location lies 40 miles west of Thatcham and is home to Stonehenge
Carbon dating shows the parish has been continually occupied for every millennia
since 8,820BC The honour has now been confirmed by the Guinness Book of Records

By Victoria Woollaston

Published: 15:44, 1 May 2014 | Updated: 08:19, 2 May 2014


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British ate frogs first

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Published on 16 Oct 2013


A major archaeological dig in Wiltshire has unearthed evidence of frogs legs being
eaten in Britain, 8,000 years before the French. The team also found other types
of food including salmon and nuts. They now hope to confirm Amesbury as the
UK's oldest continuous settlement.

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Stonehenge Visitor Centre by Denton

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Published on 18 Dec 2013


A new £27 million visitor centre at Stonehenge has been opened for the public,
offering tourists an educational and interesting experience as they examine the
prehistoric objects.

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Ancient Settlement Discovered in Israel Could be 10,000 Years Old

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Published on 26 Nov 2013


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