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Submerged Forest, Port Eynon

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NPRN524765
Map ReferenceSS48NW
Grid ReferenceSS4083385387
Unitary (Local) AuthorityMaritime
Old CountyMaritime
CommunityPort Eynon
Type Of SiteSUBMERGED FOREST
PeriodMesolithic
Description
An often extensive exposure of peat with tree stumps, fallen trunks and a surface that contains fragments of reeds. The peat overlies a grey clay from whose surface, further to the east, a core and a fragment of burnt bone have been recovered.

Sources include:
Bell, M, 2007, Prehistoric Coastal Communities: The Mesolithic in Western Britain, CBA Research Report 149, pg2
Glamorgan Gwent Archaeological Trust HER ref: 06635w, 06638w
George, T N, 1930, The suibmerged forest in Gower, Proceedings of Swansea Scientific and Field Naturalists Society, 1 100-8

Maritime Officer, RCAHMW, February 2013.