Five Old Wells Found in England
Wet ground helped protect the wood.
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Source: UCL Archaeology South-East; Petersfield Online, 2026-11-05.
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In this lesson: Identify the discovery and explain why the wood survived.
Grammar in this story: Before shows the order of events
before work on a new water pipe
Before places the digging earlier than the pipe work. It tells us which activity came first.
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Say where the wells were found and name one detail the team can study in the wood.
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The wells were found near Southampton in England. The team can study the marks made by axes.
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