A team of volunteer divers has located and photographed roughly 25 flint-built features on the seabed off Norfolk, England, remnants of a medieval settlement called Shipden that the North Sea consumed more than 700 years ago. The divers, members of the Anglian branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club, launched from the coastal village of Sea […] The post Volunteer divers photograph 25 man-made structures at site of medieval English town swallowed by the North Sea appeared first on American Almanac .
A team of volunteer divers has located and photographed roughly 25 flint-built features on the seabed off Norfolk, England, remnants of a medieval settlement called Shipden that the North Sea consumed more than 700 years ago. The divers, members of the Anglian branch of the British Sub-Aqua Club, launched from the coastal village of Sea Palling and traveled along the shore to Cromer, where they found the structures sitting several hundred metres from the beach. Clear skies and unusually still water exposed the chalk and sand of the seabed, giving the team a rare window to document what lies beneath one of England's most eroded coastlines. What they found challenges a local legend that has persisted for more than a century, and opens new…Open
A massive overnight rock fall has buried the entrance to one of Cornwall's most beloved landmarks, a sea cave featured in the BBC's Poldark series, and locals say the loss is permanent. Hundreds of tons of rock and debris crashed down onto Holywell Cave on Holywell Bay near Newquay, Cornwall, sometime during the night of […] The post Cornwall's famed Poldark cave sealed permanently after massive cliff collapse appeared first on American Almanac .
A massive overnight rock fall has buried the entrance to one of Cornwall's most beloved landmarks, a sea cave featured in the BBC's Poldark series, and locals say the loss is permanent. Hundreds of tons of rock and debris crashed down onto Holywell Cave on Holywell Bay near Newquay, Cornwall, sometime during the night of Sunday, August 30, sealing off a site that had drawn pilgrims, tourists, and film crews for centuries. No injuries were reported, but the Newquay Coastguard search and rescue team warned the surrounding cliff face remains unstable and urged the public to stay away. The collapse wiped out access to a cave also known as St Cuthbert's Cave, a low-tide destination famous for its vividly colored interior rock and a freshwater…Open
Ten pupils from King Charles’s former school have helped uncover what is believed to be a 1,000-year-old Viking church beneath a newer building on the abandoned Orkney island of Swona, working alongside professional archaeologists in a hands-on dig that could shed new light on Scotland’s early Christian past. During a six-day summer trip, ten students […] The post Students from Gordonstoun uncover medieval church remains on deserted Orkney island appeared first on American Almanac .
Ten pupils from King Charles’s former school have helped uncover what is believed to be a 1,000-year-old Viking church beneath a newer building on the abandoned Orkney island of Swona, working alongside professional archaeologists in a hands-on dig that could shed new light on Scotland’s early Christian past. During a six-day summer trip, ten students from Gordonstoun School worked closely with archaeologists from the Orkney Research Centre for Archaeology (Orca) to excavate part of Swona, an island left deserted since 1974. The group, joined by housemaster Dan McLean, dug a test pit, cleared weeds, and discovered a stone step just under the surface, leading to what would have been the altar of a medieval church. Radiocarbon samples…Open
A military emergency unit pulled the remains of three medieval kings from a 10th-century Spanish monastery threatened by wildfire, part of a broader wave of blazes and drought battering Europe this week. Late Thursday, flames driven by high temperatures and strong winds pushed toward San Juan de la Peña, a monastery carved into a mountain […] The post Spanish troops rescue 11th-century royal remains from monastery as wildfire closes in appeared first on American Almanac .
A military emergency unit pulled the remains of three medieval kings from a 10th-century Spanish monastery threatened by wildfire, part of a broader wave of blazes and drought battering Europe this week. Late Thursday, flames driven by high temperatures and strong winds pushed toward San Juan de la Peña, a monastery carved into a mountain range in the Aragón region of northeastern Spain. The fire had been burning since Monday and had already consumed more than 3.5 square miles of terrain, forcing the evacuation of 16 surrounding towns. Authorities decided they could not risk leaving nearly a millennium of history inside. Mar Vaquero, vice-president of the Aragón region, told reporters that concern the monastery could be engulfed by…Open
U.S. — The Associated Press has warned that despite their deadly nature, medieval trebuchets are mostly exempt from firearm regulations in the United States.
