How Norfolk’s Coast Has Disappeared Over The Years

By Paul Homewood

h/t Dave Ward

 

 

There’s an interesting background piece in the EDP today about coastal erosion in Norfolk:

 

 Several medieval villages on the Norfolk coast have been lost to erosion over the centuries. This map, from a image

https://www.edp24.co.uk/news/norfolk-coast-path-erosion-and-rollback-8633778

 

Particularly relevant is this map:

 

 image

The exact locations of the drowned villages are unknown, but clearly huge tracts of land have been lost to the sea since the Middle Ages.

via NOT A LOT OF PEOPLE KNOW THAT

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January 29, 2022 at 11:21AM

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