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Org ID Maritime Archaeology Trust
Project Name Bouldnor Cliff Mesolithic Occupation Site
Project URL https://maritimearchaeologytrust.org/projects-research/bouldnor-cliff/
Project Description The submerged Mesolithic landscape at Bouldnor Cliff lies on the edge of the drowned palaeo-valley and is now 11m underwater, 1km east of Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. It stretches for a further kilometre west to east and contains five known loci containing archaeological evidence. It lies within t... more
The submerged Mesolithic landscape at Bouldnor Cliff lies on the edge of the drowned palaeo-valley and is now 11m underwater, 1km east of Yarmouth on the Isle of Wight. It stretches for a further kilometre west to east and contains five known loci containing archaeological evidence. It lies within the Solent Maritime Special Area of Conservation and is in the Yarmouth to Cowes candidate Marine Conservation Zone.
Latitude (WGS84) 50.1235
Longitude (WGS84) -1.2346
Record Created 2021-05-20 18:57:14
Record Creator brandon.mason@maritimearchaeology.co.uk
Location United Kingdom
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29 Diver inspects protruding timbers from a dated Mesolithic archaeological horizon MAT 1 NULL NULL
30 An 8,000 year old adze resting on sand eroded from below the archaeological horizon of the cliff face MAT 1 NULL NULL
32 Mesolithic peat and modern day communities MAT 1 NULL NULL
31 Survey of the cliff edge in typical conditions at Bouldnor Cliff MAT 1 NULL NULL
28 Newly deposited flints, eroded from the cliff face by tidal action MAT 1 NULL NULL