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Amesbury in Wiltshire confirmed as oldest UK settlement
http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-wiltshire-27238503BBC News
1 May 2014
Amesbury in Wiltshire confirmed as oldest UK settlement
A Wiltshire town has been confirmed as the longest continuous settlement in the United Kingdom.
Amesbury, including Stonehenge, has been continually occupied since BC8820, experts have found.
The news was confirmed following an archaeological dig which also unearthed evidence of frogs' legs being eaten in Britain 8,000 years before France...
...David Jacques, from the University of Buckingham, said: "The site blows the lid off the Neolithic Revolution in a number of ways.... MORE
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I really debated whether to post it or not. Thanks for the link! 
