The unassuming piece of oak is actually from the Late Mesolithic period and now is the oldest wood carving found in the UK 🪵
Peat is able to preserve organic materials like wood over thousands of years because the normal processes of decay are slowed right down due to a lack of oxygen within the peat.The timber was removed and later that day it was cleaned and found to have some markings that did not appear to be natural.
'It was clearly very old and appeared well preserved in peat. After hosing it down, we saw that it had markings that appeared unnatural and possibly man-made.
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