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Howick House

Howick, Northumberland

Until Star Carr, the oldest known house in Britain.

On the Northumberland coast at Howick, archaeologists found the remains of a Mesolithic roundhouse built by hunter-gatherers soon after the last Ice Age. For years it was called the oldest house in Britain.

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When
Mesolithic
Where
55.4500, -1.5900
Group
Circles & monuments

Visiting

Howick Hall gardens and the coast path are nearby.

Cover of The Ledger of Lost Britain by Cale Mills
Read the full story in the book

The Ledger of Lost Britain

The Romans arrived in AD 43. For most people that is where the history of Britain begins. But by the time the legions landed, people had already been living on these islands for thousands of years. They had hunted, farmed, mined flint, dragged stones across the country, raised a hill by hand, and buried their dead in great tombs. They left no written words. What they left was the ground itself. Every place in this book can be visited, or has been dug up, or is in a museum.

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