Plastics have been one of the biggest environmental concerns today and a new study has said this material is also found at historic sites.
Castell Henllys is in the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park, UK, where an Iron Age town existed about 2,000 years ago.
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Over the years, archaeologists and researchers have built four roundhouses that once stood in this ancient city.
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These structures were rebuilt about 30 years ago to understand how the materials would decompose and decay over time.
However, the researchers’ findings are completely unbelievable: 2,000 plastic objects.
The study published this week in antiquities showed that plastic food wrap, candy packs, tools, bottle caps, straws, straw packs, plastic bags, are some of the items found on this site.
Even though the site is well maintained and cleaned, small plastic remains used by many visitors have been found under benches tucked away in dark corners of the roundhouses.
The site has a rural setting and is based in the countryside, which is why Harold Mytum, principal researcher and professor of archeology at Liverpool University, said “the amount of plastic waste was surprising, ”As CNN reported.
He added that if the children who visited this area received an unpackaged lunch “it would have made a big difference” with around 6,000 children visiting the site each year.