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| UK storms: Ancient forest revealed in Mount's Bay sand | UK storms: Ancient forest revealed in Mount's Bay sand |
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| Storms have revealed ancient forests on several beaches in the South West. | Storms have revealed ancient forests on several beaches in the South West. |
| Remains in Penzance, Cornwall, can be seen after sand was ripped from beaches by a series of storms which hit the coast in the new year. | Remains in Penzance, Cornwall, can be seen after sand was ripped from beaches by a series of storms which hit the coast in the new year. |
| Geologists believe extensive forests extended across Mount's Bay in Penzance between 4,000 and 6,000 years ago. | Geologists believe extensive forests extended across Mount's Bay in Penzance between 4,000 and 6,000 years ago. |
| The shifting sands have also revealed wrecks, an iron age settlement in Devon and wartime explosives in Devon, Somerset and Dorset. | The shifting sands have also revealed wrecks, an iron age settlement in Devon and wartime explosives in Devon, Somerset and Dorset. |
| Remains of ancient forests have also been seen on Portreath beach, Daymer Bay in Cornwall and Bigbury Bay in Devon. | Remains of ancient forests have also been seen on Portreath beach, Daymer Bay in Cornwall and Bigbury Bay in Devon. |
| Frank Howie, Cornwall Wildlife Trustee and chair of the county's Geoconservation Group, said submerged forests were evidence of changes in Mount's Bay as the sea level had risen. | Frank Howie, Cornwall Wildlife Trustee and chair of the county's Geoconservation Group, said submerged forests were evidence of changes in Mount's Bay as the sea level had risen. |
| He said: "The storms have revealed trunks of pine and oak as well as the remains of hazel thickets with well-preserved cob nuts and acorns washed out by streams running across the beach. | He said: "The storms have revealed trunks of pine and oak as well as the remains of hazel thickets with well-preserved cob nuts and acorns washed out by streams running across the beach. |
| "At Chyandor to the east of Penzance rooted stumps are exposed in situ in peaty soils and massive trunks have been washed out onto the rocky foreshore. | "At Chyandor to the east of Penzance rooted stumps are exposed in situ in peaty soils and massive trunks have been washed out onto the rocky foreshore. |
| "These forests were growing four or five thousand years ago when the climate was slightly warmer than today." | "These forests were growing four or five thousand years ago when the climate was slightly warmer than today." |
| St Michaels Mount in the bay is known in Cornish as Karrek Loos yn Koos - which means Grey Rock in the Wood. | |
| Tidal movements are expected to cover the exposed forests with sand over the next few months. | Tidal movements are expected to cover the exposed forests with sand over the next few months. |
| Recent storms have also revealed a number of wartime explosives and the remains of the SS Belem which sank at Northcott Mouth, near Bude in 1917. | Recent storms have also revealed a number of wartime explosives and the remains of the SS Belem which sank at Northcott Mouth, near Bude in 1917. |
| The Royal Navy removed an unexploded World War Two device from Crow Point Beach in north Devon. | The Royal Navy removed an unexploded World War Two device from Crow Point Beach in north Devon. |
| Wartime explosives were also found on beaches in Braunton, Devon, Minehead in Somerset and in Dorset last weekend. | Wartime explosives were also found on beaches in Braunton, Devon, Minehead in Somerset and in Dorset last weekend. |
| Remains of an Iron Age settlement have also been revealed in cliffs worn away by the huge waves at Challaborough in south Devon. | Remains of an Iron Age settlement have also been revealed in cliffs worn away by the huge waves at Challaborough in south Devon. |
| A ditch at Challaborough contained Iron Age and Romano-British pottery. | A ditch at Challaborough contained Iron Age and Romano-British pottery. |