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Respond to: Culbin Sands - Moray, Scotland
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chimera
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|  New Message Posted!2008-06-02 06:46
It's tantalising that 1 inch of soil covers historical information just as 100 ft. of sand does. Then there are definite sites which can't be touched because modern towns are built on old buildings. And old records in libraries were burnt by invaders...aargh.
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| New Message Posted!2008-06-01 11:56
An interesting link that, thanks Chimera! No wonder whole communities can just disappear off the map!
Wonder if Dubai will disappear together with a lot of inverstment......
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chimera
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| New Message Posted!2008-05-30 03:46
Sand-drift can be seen in Little Desert, Victoria Aust. where houses less than 1 century old are being covered. It's an interesting liquid-solid flow.
City-swallowing Sand DunesSand fences, like snow fences, can also help, although in many cases their design is little more than guesswork. Engineers are disadvantaged because there's ...
science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2002/06dec_dunes.htm - 19k - Cached - Similar pages
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Sanchez
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| New Message Posted!2008-05-29 12:54
My 'folks' live not far from the Findhorn community in the Scottish Highlands. Recently I've been reading a little about Culbin Sands, having had my interest piqued through the location of 'disappeared' communities shown on some original 1630's maps of Scotland that I aquired. One original shows a number of no-longer existant communities that were swamped by shifting sands during the 1600's including farms, communities and a mansion house. Due to the ever-shifting nature of these dunes, a forest was planted over 100 years ago to prevent erosion/movement and has had the effect of sealing in these communities under 100ft-ish of sand.
The area could be an arcahaeological goldmine in years to come in (more recent) Pompei/Herculaneum type fashion.
However, added to the recent history mentioned above, it appears that the areas of sand that do still shift from time to time throw up various Bronze and Iron age goodies, indicating a history of settlement in the area. A little more here:
Findhorn Bay
Mesolithic and Neolithic
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Lecture Notes
Does anyone here have any local knowledge or other information on the area?
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