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London’s Earliest Timber Structure Found During Belmarsh Prison Dig: ”
London’s Earliest Timber Structure Found During Belmarsh Prison Dig
ScienceDaily (Aug. 14, 2009) — London’s oldest timber structure has been unearthed by archaeologists from Archaeology South-East (part of the Institute of Archaeology at University College London). It was found during the excavation of a prehistoric peat bog adjacent to Belmarsh Prison in Plumstead, Greenwich, in advance of the construction of a new prison building. Radiocarbon dating has shown the structure to be nearly 6,000 years old and it predates Stonehenge by more than 500 years.