Low Hauxley Submerged Forest

Nearest town:
Amble (4km W)
OS reference:
NU284018
OS sheet:
81
Latitude:
55° 18' 33.75 N
Longitude:
1° 33' 9.14 W
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Images

Image of Low Hauxley Submerged Forest (Mesolithic site) by thesweetcheat

The peat layer is at the base of the dunes. The Bronze Age cairn was located above, before its rescue and relocation to the visitor’s centre.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.9.2019)
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Image of Low Hauxley Submerged Forest (Mesolithic site) by thesweetcheat

Looking across Druridge Bay towards Lynemouth from Low Hauxley. This scene would have been filled with woodland in the Mesolithic,

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.9.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 26, 2020
Image of Low Hauxley Submerged Forest (Mesolithic site) by thesweetcheat

Tree trunk protruding from the ancient peat layer at the base of the Low Hauxley dunes.

Image credit: A. Brookes (10.9.2019)
thesweetcheat
thesweetcheat Jan 26, 2020

Articles

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Low Hauxley Submerged Forest
Mesolithic site
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Historic England

Brief Statement on Rescue Recording of an Eroding InterTidal Peat Bed Containing Prehistoric Worked Timber and Human and Animal Footprints
February 2011

Staff from Archaeological Research Services Ltd undertook recording of an inter-tidal peat deposit at Low Hauxley, Northumberland, between the 21st and 23rd December 2010. The work comprised the cleaning (using hand tools) and planning of an area of footprints of both animal and human origin, along with extensive digital photography of the deposit and its context.

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