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Glastonbury Lake Village is a prehistoric settlement located near Glastonbury in Somerset, dating to the Iron Age period, approximately the 1st century BCE. The site comprises the remains of a substantial village that occupied marshy ground, evidenced by wooden structures, post holes, and accumulated domestic debris discovered during excavation. The settlement is significant for revealing detailed evidence of Iron Age domestic life and construction techniques, including information about roundhouses and the material culture of the period. Archaeological work, notably by Arthur Bulleid and others in the early twentieth century, recovered considerable quantities of pottery, metalwork, and organic remains that have considerably advanced understanding of Iron Age settlement patterns in southern Britain.
Glastonbury lake village is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006156. View the official record →
Glastonbury Lake Village is a prehistoric settlement located near Glastonbury in Somerset, dating to the Iron Age period, approximately the 1st century BCE. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006156.
Glastonbury lake village is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1006156.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Beckery Chapel and cemetery (site of) (2.6 km), Section of medieval road, south of Pomparles Bridge, north of Street (3.3 km), Tinney's trackways, west of Sharpham Bridge (3.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Glastonbury lake village's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Glastonbury lake village stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.