Hidden Wrecks Revealed [ Northumberland NE Coast ]

Northumberland Gazette ^ | 29 January 2009 | Helen Woods

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Nearly a thousand new archeological sites have been discovered off the North East coast as part of an English Heritage-funded project... Among the results were four ship wrecks found in mud flats off the coast of Amble. Their existence had previously been recorded, but until the survey took place their exact location was not known. However, it is not known when the wrecks date back to, but they are clearly visible on aerial photographs from the 1940s. And on the Farne Islands, a pattern of rectangular features around the medieval St Cuthbert's Hermitage can be seen. It is believed that the unusual features may be related to the activities of the lighthouse crews, rather than with medieval use of the island. Also uncovered during the project were a number of Iron Age multivallate forts and hillforts. At Howick Hill, these are still used as earthworks... Although erosion has actually helped to reveal a number of nationally important sites along the North East coast, such as Bronze Age burial mounds at Low Hauxley in Northumberland, too often it poses a threat.

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