East Anglian Coast-line Levels Since Roman Times

Publisher： Cambridge University Press

E-ISSN： 1745-1744|35|137|21-28

ISSN： 0003-598x

Source： Antiquity, Vol.35, Iss.137, 1961-03, pp. : 21-28

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Abstract

Evidence has for long been accumulating to show that the shores of the Thames estuary now lie at least 15 ft. lower in relation to the sea than in early Romano-British times (summarized, e.g. Wheeler, 1928; Francis, 1932). Francis has suggested that this submergence began early in the 2nd century A.D., its effects being widely felt by the end of the century. Similar evidence has been noted both from the east and south coasts of England though, in the East Anglian ‘Great Estuary’ (Yare-Bure-Waveney) behind Yarmouth, it had formerly been assessed as about 2 ft. only.

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