The astonishingly well preserved remains of two Bronze Age houses and their contents have been discovered at a quarry site in Peterborough.

The circular wooden houses stood on stilts in a waterlogged fenland site beside the ancient course of the river Nene.

It's believed a fire broke out and the buildings collapsed into the water, where they were covered by silt, which preserved many of the artefacts. These are now the best preserved Bronze Age dwellings ever found in Britain.

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