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Yes I do think its tremendously interesting too and what is really new is the ability to get information on the land formation beneath the accumulated sediment although it will never be possible to reach it other than by core sampling.

The other point to be stressed is that most of the land was lost at the end of the Palaeolithic and into the Mesolithic when house structures would have been largely temporary or seasonal. However, land has continued to be lost ever since and is still continuing. So there is every likelihood of Neolithic and later settlements and structures - Seahenge was constructed on dry land of course. Very important medieval towns like Dunwich and Walton were lost just a few hundred years ago and their stone remains are now several miles out to sea. The soft cliffs of East Anglia are being swept away at the rate of something like 20 and even 50 metres in a single season at some locations - modern houses, hotels and even streets are still being lost to the sea.

Forget Atlantis - there is a whole multi-period Lost World out there on our own doorstep. Exciting!