Missing Lincs? Some lost islands along the Lincolnshire coast — new post by me :) http://www.caitlingreen.org/2017/08/missing-lincs-some-lost-islands.html …pic.twitter.com/dJ64FJSvGE
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Another 'lost' island in the Lincolnshire Marshes is Conisholme, 'the king's island'; still shown as an island on 17th–18thC maps…pic.twitter.com/gJSq5w2Mal
The 2nd island shown in the Lud 'estuary', between outfalls, is prob a ?13thC storm beach+saltern mounds, visible on geological maps+lidar.pic.twitter.com/GOSM05HzB1
The storm beaches here are prob remains of the coastal barrier islands that were destroyed by the sea in the 13thC:https://twitter.com/caitlinrgreen/status/597501263501250560 …
A little further south, the former islands of glacial deposits standing above the surrounding marine alluvium (yellow) to the east of Alfordpic.twitter.com/XW2aP7fTbM
Clipped copy of a silver coin of Arcadius struck at Milan 395–402; found on the Cumberworth 'island', Lincolnshire: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/244475 …pic.twitter.com/N5xYc4lQBG
Another interesting lost 'island' from Lincolnshire—albeit one situated on the edge of the Middle Marsh rather than in the Outmarsh—is Little Carlton; some of the fascinating Middle Saxon finds from here (including this glass mount) are currently on display in @LouthMuseum :)pic.twitter.com/3DQWWHKoj6
The base of a Middle Saxon blue glass inkwell found at the intriguing 'island' site of Little Carlton, Lincolnshire; currently on display in @LouthMuseum.pic.twitter.com/4XxJuXDNPo
Nifty!!!! There's Wolds of difference between learning history this way, and what we learned in school Cool stuff!
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