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Lindholme Neolithic timber trackway and platform is a rare example of Neolithic wooden construction preserved in the wetland deposits of the Isle of Axholme in North Lincolnshire. Dating to approximately 4000 BCE, the site comprises a timber-built trackway and associated platform that facilitated movement and activity across boggy terrain during the early agricultural period. The waterlogged conditions have preserved the wooden structural elements in exceptional detail, providing direct archaeological evidence of Neolithic engineering techniques and settlement patterns. The trackway and platform represent significant testimony to the sophisticated adaptation of human communities to challenging wetland environments during the early Neolithic period.
Lindholme Neolithic timber trackway and platform is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1443481. View the official record →
Lindholme Neolithic timber trackway and platform is a rare example of Neolithic wooden construction preserved in the wetland deposits of the Isle of Axholme in North Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1443481.
Lindholme Neolithic timber trackway and platform 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 1443481.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Peel Hill motte and bailey castle, Thorne. (6.4 km), Wayside cross on Pinfold Lane (7.8 km), Wayside cross on Trundle Lane (8.3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lindholme Neolithic timber trackway and platform'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.
Lindholme Neolithic timber trackway and platform stands on Triassic Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Triassic. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.