Howick house

Source: Andrew Curtis

Copyright: Creative Commons 2.0

The Howick house is a Mesolithic site located in Northumberland, England. It was found when an amateur archaeologist noticed flint tools eroding out of a sandy cliff face near the village of Howick. Investigations found a circle of substantial post holes with charcoal stains in their bases, a number of smaller stake holes, some angled in from outside a hollow, and inside the house a number of shallow hearths filled with charcoal, burnt nutshells and some fragments of bone. Radiocarbon dating of the charred hazelnut shells established that the building was constructed about 7600 BC and occupied for about 100 years, which led to the find being called "Britain's oldest house". This title was disputed in 2010 when the discovery of the even older 'house-structure' at Star Carr in North Yorkshire was announced.

Source

Source: Wikipedia.org

Copyright: Creative Commons 3.0

More information

Comments Statistics

GB | | Public | FrenchGerman

Address

Northumberland, United Kingdom

Advertisement

Things to do in surrounding

Longhoughton

Search

Longhoughton

Choose from more than 40 activities:

Route search

- RouteYou Selections -

Longhoughton

Discover the most beautiful and popular trails in the area, carefully bundled into appropriate selections.

Source: Andrew Curtis

Copyright: Creative Commons 2.0

Sights nearby

Longhoughton

- RouteYou Selections -

Longhoughton

Discover the most beautiful and popular attractions in the area, carefully bundled in appropriate selections.

Destinations close by

Longhoughton

Source: Andrew Curtis

Copyright: Creative Commons 2.0

Plan your route

With RouteYou, it's easy to create your own customised maps. Simply plot your route, add waypoints or nodes, add places of interest and places to eat and drink, and then easily share it with your family and friends.

Route planner

Route planner

This place of interest on your website

<iframe src="https://plugin.routeyou.com/poiviewer/free/?language=en&amp;params.poi.id=1591731" width="100%" height="600" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

Try this feature for free with a RouteYou Plus trial subscription.

If you already have such an account, then log in now.


More than 8,500,000 routes


More than 15,000,000 users


More than 4,200,000 points of interest

Address

Kerkstraat 108

9050 Gentbrugge, Belgium

Follow us

Download the free app

Contact

Marketing & sales

sales@routeyou.com

General queries

info@routeyou.com

© 2006-2024 RouteYou - www.routeyou.com