In a series of ten programmes, Malcolm Billings explores the world of archaeology. 6: The Somerset Levels
Below the Mendip and Quantock Hills lie the Somerset Levels. Man has occupied the Levels more or less continuously for at least 6.000 years and In this area of rural beauty archaeologists have discovered, preserved In the peat, what is possibly the oldest built roadway In western
Europe dating back to
4.000 sc.
Producer JOHN KNIGHT BBC Bristol long wave only