Archaeologists survey Scotland’s forests under the sea
Archaeologists are studying Scotland’s “woodlands under the waves” which were created thousands of years ago when dramatic rises in sea levels pushed vast stretches of forest underwater.
Archaeologists are studying Scotland’s “woodlands under the waves” which were created thousands of years ago when dramatic rises in sea levels pushed vast stretches of forest underwater.
Recent work has been carried out at the Bay of Ireland near Stromness ,Orkney, with similar research underway at Benbecula and Berneray in the Outer Hebrides.
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Hide AdDr Scott Timpany of the Archaeology Institute at the University of the Highlands and Islands, said the small stumps and roots found at the Bay of Ireland were around 6,000 years old.