Dig uncovers one of the oldest homes in Britain

Intrepid archaeologists have gone back to the Stone Age and unearthed one of the oldest homes in England.

Thought to be over 5,000 years old the foundations of the home were discovered last month at Horton's Kingsmead Quarry.

Although the site is still being examined fascinating details have already emerged. Dr Alistair Barclay, from Wessex Archeology, who have been carrying out the excavation, explained: “This house is not big by today's standards but it was dramatically different from the tents that people had been living in before.”

Other finds on the site have included some 10,000 year old flint tools, a cache of flint arrowheads from around 2,000 BC and a large pin believed to pin the cloak of a farmer dating back to around 1,500BC.

Quarry owners CEMEX, have invested £5million in the site's archaeological program.
The dig is set to continue and old as it may the house site will eventually be quarried.
However the archaeological team are recording and photographing details for posterity and exhibits from the site will be going on show at Reading Museum.