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UK Beach 2 Miles Inland in 43 AD
So much for sea level rise:
The ‘lost’ beach where the Romans landed 2,000 years ago to begin their invasion of Britain has been uncovered by archaeologists. The remains of the shingle harbour were buried beneath 6ft of soil nearly two miles inland from the modern Kent coast.
It lies close to the remains of the Roman fort of Richborough near Sandwich, one of the most important Roman sites in England and once the gateway to the British Isles.
Daily Mail: ‘Uncovered, the ‘lost’ beach where the Romans got a toehold on Britain’
October 6th, 2008 at 2:05 am
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October 6th, 2008 at 4:07 am
“At the time of the invasion Richborough sat at the southern end of the wide Wantsum Channel that separated the Isle of Thanet from mainland Britain.
Over the centuries, the channel silted up. The discovery sheds new light on how Claudius’s army occupied Britain and the military tactics used to control the country. ”
It is not a question fo raising or lowering for the sealevel, it is a question of a narow channel silting up and becoming land.
/C
October 6th, 2008 at 4:22 am
Indeed – it’s an example of a natural process. I was just amused that the sea would have to come 2 miles inland around Sandwich to be where it was in Roman times.
If you visit Beaumaris, North Wales, there is map of how the coast was in Roman times, clearly sea level has risen there over the past couple of thousand years, long before global warming alarmism was invented.
The south of England is still slowly sinking due to Scotland’s ‘glacial bounce’ following the end of the last great ice age.