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Ancient Bronze Age Villages Emerge as Devon Reservoir Falls to 30% Capacity
The reservoir fell to 30% capacity, exposing stone huts and roundhouses from villages that were submerged when it was built in 1942.
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In the British county of Devon, a partially desiccated reservoir of Fernworth found stone huts around 4,000 years old. The remnants of prehistoric settlements, including eight round houses, were found on the surface after severe summer heat, which caused the water level in the reservoir to fall to 30 per cent of the maximum, transmitting to RIA News, with reference to Independent. Scientists believe that people have lived in the area since at le…
Archaeologists found in the reservoir eight stone round houses of the bronze age, about 4,000 years old, and found stone circles, burial curgans and coins of the Tudor era dating back to the 1540s.
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