A glimpse of Amble 7½ millennia ago?

Holocene Intertidal Peat Amble Bay.

 

Layer of intertidal peat overlying glacial till, Amble Bay. The peat layer dated at 5550-5850 yr BC, contains a number of tree stumps, roots, trunks, etc., from the ancient wood that once stood here. 

 

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