View of the Tees Estuary. Image: Environment Agency
Posted on 05/15/2013 7:41:05 PM PDT by SunkenCiv
Excavations by Environment Agency contractors creating a new bird reserve on Teesside have revealed Bronze and Iron Age artefacts -- and the remains of a former Roman settlement which was previously unknown.
The discoveries at Greatham Creek are significant as they are the first such remains ever to be found next to the salt marsh on the north bank of the Tees Estuary...
Among the finds are flint tools and pottery fragments, an arrowhead, jet jewellery, flint thumbnail scrapers, Bronze Age blades, ancient burial mounds and the remains of several Roman roundhouses...
Much of the inter-tidal habitat around the Tees Estuary is legally protected because it is internationally important for birds. However, some of this vital area is being lost due to a rise in sea level.
To compensate for this loss, the Environment Agency is building a new bank further inland from the existing embankment at Greatham Creek. Part of this can then be breached so the tide can wash in and out of the area, creating a bigger area of mudflat and salt marsh.
(Excerpt) Read more at pasthorizonspr.com ...
View of the Tees Estuary. Image: Environment Agency
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I wonder where the coastline was back then....
Probably it was right near the edge of the ocean. /rimshot!
Good question though, the graphic is interesting, shows the rough outlines of various vanished structures, some of which appear to have been earthen.
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