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Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, located 650 metres east of Canada Farm in Somerset, is an ancient monument comprising remains of two Neolithic trackways preserved in waterlogged conditions. The Sweet Track, one of Britain's earliest known engineered pathways, dates to approximately 3806 BCE and consists of a timber construction laid across wetland, whilst the Post Track is a later contemporary or slightly subsequent wooden structure. Both trackways are preserved as submerged archaeological deposits within peat and silt layers, where anaerobic conditions have enabled exceptional preservation of organic remains including wood, plant material, and artefactual evidence. The trackways represent significant evidence of early Neolithic settlement patterns and technological sophistication in managing the Somerset Levels wetland landscape during the fourth millennium BCE.
Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 650m east of Canada Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014439. View the official record →
Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, located 650 metres east of Canada Farm in Somerset, is an ancient monument comprising remains of two Neolithic trackways preserved in waterlogged conditions. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014439.
Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 650m east of Canada 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 1014439.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 250m ESE of Station House (0.6 km), Sections of the Sweet Track, the Post Track and associated remains 500m north east of Moorgate Farm (0.7 km), Bronze Age and Iron Age timber trackways, 700m north west of Coppice Gate Farm (0.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Sections of the Sweet Track and Post Track, 650m east of Canada 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, 650m east of Canada Farm stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.