In October 2004 a number of worked wooden poles were discovered by a local man, Mick Oliver, who was walking across the site.
Further investigation, including excavation, survey and palaeoenvironmental work, showed that the site was a late neolithic timber trackway, about 45m long, extending from dry land across a shallow pool to a wooden platform.
Modelling produced by Chapman and Geary (2014) illustrate the trackway was built across and into a pool that marks the earliest known area of wetland development, at the northernmost edge of Lindholme Island.
One recognised material was Birch (Betula) bark which is thought to have been utilised for is whiteness and to have been selected for its visibility amongst the greys and browns of the pool muds.
it is situated parallel with the dryland ridge which would have allowed people on dry land to view the activities taking place on the structure.
Although no contemporary parallels can be drawn from other trackways regarding the interpretation of its use comparisons can be made to more modern cultural traditions involving ceremonies and rituals enacted where physically separated by waters around the platforms [7] At the time of the condition assessment the soil was recorded to be acidic above and below the track, with high organic content and low levels of nitrate with sulphides, sulphates and sulphur present in low concentrations.
[10] In 2018 the trackway was proposed for inclusion on the heritage at risk register The Humberhead Peatlands have become a flagship enterprise for peat conservationists as well as for the archaeological assets held within.