The oldest wheel in Britain has been found at a Bronze Age site called the Pompeii of the Fens, according to the Daily Mail. Dating at around 3,000 years old, the ancient wooden wheel is one of the most complete wheels ever found in Britain and is believed to have been used on a cart that was moved by either several people or a horse.
"What you see behind us is a wheel. Previously in the UK if we could point to a wheel we only had one panel," said Cambridge University archaeologist Mark Knight. "This is complete and appears to have its axle inside its hub, it's a wheel made of planks, of wood braced together with a reinforced hub in the center. It's the most complete, oldest, largest wheel found in the UK"
It is 3 feet in diameter and was found in a quarry pit at the Must Farm project in Peterborough. It is believed that the artifacts originated from a settlement that appears to have been burned down, either by accident or by force.
The site is named after Italy's Pompeii due to its similarities in unearthed remnants buried in ash, according to BBC News.
The archaeology project is an estimated $1.5 million, according to CNN.
