ABSTRACT
The Somerset Levels have in the past seen extensive peat cutting and drainage which led to the discovery of a wealth of prehistoric wetland sites (Coles and Coles, 1986). Today large-scale peat cutting has ended, but what is not clear is whether what remains of the archaeological sites is still safe. Monitoring has been carried out recently at two sites, Glastonbury Lake Village, and a section of the Sweet Track located in a new extension to the Shapwick Heath National Nature Reserve. An interim report (Jones, 2010) outlines the overall project strategy and focuses on some preliminary results from the Sweet Track. This current paper is concerned solely with the initial results from the monitoring at Glastonbury Lake Village.
