More nice pics from the submerged forest site at Ynyslas -- near Borth on the Cardigan Bay coast. I'm not sure of the dates here, but I think the lower photo shows the "normal" exposures of the tree stumps etc -- with just their tips above the sand. The top photo shows the forest remnants after the sand has been stripped away during the recent storms.
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You are nearly ahead of the loop, Brian! Trackway sounds interesting.
http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/feb/20/prehistoric-forest-borth-cardigan-bay-wales
Thanks Dave. Quite a nice report -- hadn't seen it before.
Just a question, did the peat grow around existing trees, or were the two contemporary? Poplar and alder sounds as if it could exist it waterlogged conditions, but oak perhaps not.
I assume there will be variations at different sites. time to go back to John Evans' book.
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