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Hightown submerged forest

Ancient Trackway

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Hightown submerged forest (Ancient Trackway) by thelonious 25/12/2016 - Hightown submerged forest
thelonious Posted by thelonious
28th December 2016ce
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Wonderful T, simply wonderful. (Pittenderrich 2moro btw with a load of other stuff hopefully) drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
28th December 2016ce
Thanks Drew. Hope you have a good day out tomorrow, hopefully not too cold! Be good to see the photos/read the fieldnotes :-)

Just got back from a few days away. Boiler's broken down, cold house :-( Still on the plus side, the beer and wine is nicely chilled.

Happy Christmas by the way.
thelonious Posted by thelonious
28th December 2016ce
Yeah Happy Christmas to you, what a lovely place that is. Broken down boiler sad to hear that tho :-( drewbhoy Posted by drewbhoy
28th December 2016ce
Now that is magic postman Posted by postman
28th December 2016ce
That's great, I love submerged forests. Happy Christmas to all of you :) thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
28th December 2016ce
They are beautiful pictures. I didn't know what a submerged forest was..yet more richness added to my life. Sob, sob..am moved:) Ta. Posted by carol27
28th December 2016ce
Thanks folks and a merry Christmas :-)

I don't think I've come across submerged forests before. Be good to know of any others worth a visit?
thelonious Posted by thelonious
28th December 2016ce
You've g o t to do Borth/Ynys Las. Haven't been since the storm in '14, was a surreal memory to treasure even before. Iirc there's been another one exposed up the Dovey estuary too. Have a google. And a belated Merry Christmas : ) spencer Posted by spencer
28th December 2016ce
A quick netsniff revealed these others visible sometimes: Dove Point nr Meols on the Wirral (very artistic tree stumps and entwined roots in pic I've just seen), and Mounts Bay/Portreath in Cornwall, Dartmouth Devon. I think Channel Islands too. Doubtless more if you search net longer. Dang, really need another dose of Ynys Las now... spencer Posted by spencer
28th December 2016ce
Thanks spencer :-)

I'd love a trip to Wales next year. Hopefully maybe.
thelonious Posted by thelonious
28th December 2016ce
Wait! Two more! Newgale and Freshwater West, Pembrokeshire (faithful archaeolabretriever flops back on sofa wagging tail. Gizzus a scratch : ) ) spencer Posted by spencer
28th December 2016ce
Top stuff. Wish I could just take off for a few months and tour round these sorts of places and stones as well. I'm off to check my lottery ticket from last week, you never know :-) thelonious Posted by thelonious
28th December 2016ce
I'm not sure there's usually an adequate category on TMA for these phenomena..you've got this forest in cos of the trackway. Haven't checked but don't think Ynyslas is listed..not a natural rock feature as such, and as you've mentioned Hightown's still squidgy. spencer Posted by spencer
28th December 2016ce
You're right, I wouldn't have added the forest without a trackway being found there. Without the human connection, I guess it would fall outside of what TMA covers? thelonious Posted by thelonious
28th December 2016ce
Quite a few Welsh ones I've added.
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/17640/abersoch_mesolithic_forest.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/17279/cantrer_gwaelod.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/16063/amroth_mesolithic_forest.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/16701/newgale_submerged_forest.html
http://www.themodernantiquarian.com/site/16213/lydstep_mesolithic_forest_and_footprints.html

Cantre'r Gwaelod is the Borth/Ynys Las one
thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
28th December 2016ce
Just clicked on the Borth/Ynys one and it says 404 not found spencer Posted by spencer
28th December 2016ce
Thanks TSC. I like the look of these. thelonious Posted by thelonious
28th December 2016ce
Works for me Spencer, but search for Borth and you'll find it, or go to the Ceredigion county page. thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
29th December 2016ce
I can't find Borth either TSC. 404 on the link and searching Borth brings up 4 sites for me, none of which is Borth. thelonious Posted by thelonious
29th December 2016ce
Weird! Works for me still. thesweetcheat Posted by thesweetcheat
29th December 2016ce
Praps this is something for Holy Mc to headscratch over? (BUT only when he's finished being festive) I haven't tested the other links yet. And my tech is obsolete anyway, dunno about Thelonious's - hopefully soon to be rectified courtesy of John Lewis sales, Premium Bonds win and happy customers prezzies : ) spencer Posted by spencer
29th December 2016ce
Just checked and other links work, so it's only the Ynyslas one. I didn't know it was possible to add sites to TMA without a category. Live and learn.. spencer Posted by spencer
29th December 2016ce
All links working for me now :) thelonious Posted by thelonious
4th January 2017ce
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