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Stone Age relics may be hidden in Western Isles' seas Ancient Settlement Isle of Lewis

Submitted by MikeAitch on Wednesday, 03 August 2011  Page Views: 3083

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Submerged sites of ancient communities could be hidden in the seas around the Western Isles, according to experts. Dr Jonathan Benjamin and Dr Andrew Bicket believe the islands' long and sheltered lochs have protected 9,000-year-old Mesolithic relics.

Rising sea levels may have covered up to 6.2 miles (10km) of land on the west coast of the Outer Hebrides.

The archaeologists gave a presentation in the Comhairle nan Eilean Siar's (Western Isles) council chambers last week.

During the Mesolithic period, Britain was transformed from a peninsula to an island.

It is thought that landslides in Norway - the Storegga Slides - triggered a massive tsunami when a landlocked sea burst its banks.

The water struck the north-east of Britain with such force it travelled 25 miles (40km) inland, covering low-lying plains in water or turning it into marshlands.

Dr Benjamin has conducted fieldwork in the UK, the Mediterranean, Scandinavia and North America.

He recently returned from test excavations at an underwater late Mesolithic site in Denmark that is more than 6,500 years old.


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Seabed may hold clues to first inhabitants of Outer Hebrides by bat400 on Wednesday, 14 March 2012
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Experts from Wessex Archaeology's Coastal and Marine department will give a presentation on Lewis on how submerged areas of the Western Isles
may hold clues about the first islanders to live there more than 9,000 years ago.

Archaeologists believe up to six miles of land may have been lost off the west coast of the Outer Hebrides in the past 10,000 years, potentially leaving excellent underwater archaeology sites, which can offer preservation conditions rarely seen on land.

In sheltered areas of the seabed there may be evidence of the first people to colonise the islands some 9,000 years ago.

Thanks to coldrum : http://www.wessexarch.co.uk/blogs.
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