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Rare Iron Age settlement is about to be unearthed (UK)

ARCHAEOLOGISTS will soon be uncovering a rare Iron Age settlement in a North Somerset village.

The ancient site at Goblin Combe Environmental Centre in Cleeve is the only known Iron Age settlement in Britain not to have been dug up.

The trees and plants currently covering the site will be cleared this winter in preparation for a team of archaeologists to study the site in detail.
Read entire article at Weston Mercury