Wood carving found during construction project declared the oldest in Britain
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The 6,000-year-old piece of oak, found in Boxford, Berkshire, is only the second wood carving to be found from the Mesolithic period.The wood is being conserved by Historic England at Fort Cumberland, Portsmouth, and will eventually go on display at West Berkshire Museum, Newbury.The timber was preserved in peat at the bottom of a trench that had been dug for foundations
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