Some interesting early maps of Lincolnshire -- new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2015/11/some-early-maps-of-lincolnshire.html …pic.twitter.com/jzVSoY3gla
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The mouth of the Humber in 1707, showing the sands and islands present at that time: http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e4-6898-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99#/?rotate=0 …pic.twitter.com/7XkoeY9Rk4
it to the land? And I'm thinking that there was a sand bar surrounding it, per the map.
reclamation and shifting currents, I believe :)
Ah! 300 years of nature and man working together!
@caitlinrgreen beautiful map! Intrigued by small spur on Lincs coast opposite Spurn - no trace of that now, afaik (?)
@caitlinrgreen yes, could be further erosion of glacial till; or perhaps lost sand/shingle bar; coast's all very transient round there! :)
@CatherineEsse Indeed! Here's a 17thC account of the erosion there :)pic.twitter.com/GUVkgL05ta
@caitlinrgreen also, the C17th account read v similar to some of Till cliff erosion in N Norfolk nr Cromer: lost churches, villages etc :)
@CatherineEsse Yes, the whole coast is somewhat unstable, it seems! Cf. also Dunwich, in the news recently!
@caitlinrgreen that's beautiful :) I love old maps. John Speed isn't even the best of them, I don't think!
@EvansianI Agreed, it's glorious! :)
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