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That's great, I do like a nice bit of petrified forest.
Hi there, just for clarification, this is a submerged forest, none of the exposed deposits have been petrified.
Hi Fitz, I've read that there is some petrification present, but I didn't find any. A most surreal experience, walking on a forest floor with all that mass of entangled roots that was so many thousands of years old. Irrespective of what has been taken there must have been some damage through the volume of footfall. One large adjacent car park absolutely chokka.
Well I've trawled through the news (full of distracting ads) and not found anything of substance so....
"When Uncovered it is a vast bed of Roots, Stems, Branches, Bark and even the leaves and fruit of the many species of trees are evident. Mainly consisting of Birch, Larch, Beech and Hazel the appearance is almost like that of a Peat bed and when dried, burns in a similar fashion."
In 1871 red deer antler were found as was the bones of boars
A long way from petrification, apparently there are silver birch stumps still with recognisable bark. There's also evidence of coppicing. Not having seen news reports and going to the place 'blind' it took a while to sink in just how old the remains were. I hope I can return this weekend for another look at lowest tide...there's drone footage showing just how extensive the site is if you time it right. The former forest floor's about a foot thick overlying blue clay.