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Sweet Track (UK)”

Definition: Sweet Track is the name given to the earliest known trackway in northern Europe, built, according to tree ring analysis of the wood, in the winter or early spring of 3807 or 3806 BC. The Sweet Track is one of several trackways built during the Neolithic and Iron Age that are preserved in the boggy bottoms of the peat marsh called Somerset Levels near Glastonbury. Excavations in the Somerset Levels were conducted in the 1970s by John Coles of Cambridge University.

This glossary entry is part of the Dictionary of Archaeology. Sources for the term include the references listed on the front page of the Dictionary, and the websites listed in the sidebar. Any mistakes are the responsibility of Kris Hirst. Related Glossary Entries
Land Transportation

Corlea Trackway (Ireland)

Dendrochronology

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