Wood usually decays relatively quickly, but in some cases it can be preserved for long periods, like this wooden well.
Archaeologists have uncovered a 'rare' wooden structure that appears to have been preserved for thousands of years.The wooden well was found during excavations conducted at a site in the county of Oxfordshire, England, as part of a road construction project. The well is thought to date to the latter half of the Bronze Age, which in Britain lasted from around 1200 to 700 B.C.
'The specialist soil samples that were collected will also help establish what the surrounding landscape would have been like, and the intensity to which it was settled, when the well was actively being used.'The site, located near the village of Benson, lies in an area that has previously yielded other Bronze Age remains.'The excavations...
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