5,000 year old forest
sampullman
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5,000 year old stumps of oak, birch, willow and hazel are being uncovered by the sea on the West Wales coast.
It’s not an every day occurrence and the weather, the tide and local knowledge of where to look need to converge to reveal the ancient trees that covered the land 3,000 years before the birth of Jesus.
The preservation is so
unspoiled that the grain and growth rings of the trees can easily be seen and
wondered at.
This preserved forest
from the past has given rise to the belief that a mythical sunken civilisation
known as Cantre’r Gwaelod stretched 20 miles further west than the current
shoreline. It was said to have been so fertile that it was valued at four times
the cost of land anywhere else.
In recent years a prehistoric
man-made walkway with posts have been uncovered along with fossilised human and
animal footprints. This offers proof that thousands of years ago the land
really was settled.
Makes you wonder if Allan Titmarsh is really as young as he appears to be!
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