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Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 240 metres south west of Sunnyside Farm, is an ancient monument comprising remains of two Neolithic wooden trackways preserved in the Somerset Levels. The Sweet Track, dating to around 3800 BCE, represents one of the oldest known engineered roads in Britain, constructed from wooden posts and planks laid across marshy ground to facilitate passage across the wetland landscape. The Post Track, which succeeds it chronologically, follows a similar alignment and demonstrates the continued use and adaptation of this ancient routeway through the Neolithic period. Both trackways are archaeologically significant for their exceptional preservation in waterlogged conditions, providing crucial evidence for early settlement patterns, land use, and technological achievement in prehistoric Britain.
Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 240m south west of Sunnyside Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014440. View the official record →
Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 240 metres south west of Sunnyside Farm, is an ancient monument comprising remains of two Neolithic wooden trackways preserved in the Somerset Levels. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014440.
Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 240m south west of Sunnyside Farm 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 1014440.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sections of the Sweet Track, the Post Track and associated remains 500m north east of Moorgate Farm (1.9 km), Bronze Age and Iron Age timber trackways, 700m north west of Coppice Gate Farm (2 km), Bronze Age and Iron Age trackways 600m north east of Northbrook Farm (2.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 240m south west of Sunnyside Farm'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.
Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 240m south west of Sunnyside Farm stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.