Burcom is prob OE *burg-cyme/*burg-cuma, referring to borough of Grimsby; shown as an island on 19th–E20thC maps, but now a sand bar again.pic.twitter.com/Ng8Y2vrf0x
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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
You don't happen 2 have access to similar map of W of Lincoln nr Foss Dyke West Common (& my house), do you, Dr C? Sandy 'islands' here too
The maps are online here, if it helps--river terrace (sand and gravel) deposits in orange and alluvium in yellow: http://mapapps.bgs.ac.uk/geologyofbritain/home.html … :)pic.twitter.com/7trRDrPliw
Print versions online here: http://www.largeimages.bgs.ac.uk/iip/mapsportal.html?id=1001606 … :)pic.twitter.com/rA2kHJFKma
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