Archaeologists have uncovered a 3000 year old Bronze Age wheel at Must farm site in Cambridgeshire,
Britain's oldest intact wheel has been unearthed at a Bronze Age site dubbed the 'Pompeii of the Fens'. The 3,000-year-old wooden wheel shows Ancient Britons were finding innovative ways to move across land when it was previously thought they only used transportation across rivers. The solid wheel - around three feet (one metre) in diameter - would have been the last word in sophistication at the time.
Size: 4928px × 3280px
Location: Must Farm, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom
Photo credit: © Jada Images / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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