Ancient forest floor at Hightown
Introduction
The photograph on this page of Ancient forest floor at Hightown by Gary Rogers as part of the Geograph project.
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Ancient forest floor at Hightown
Image: © Gary Rogers Taken: 20 Jul 2010
This peaty layer revealed by tidal processes contains the remains of a forest that covered the area around 4500 years ago. The peat layer is around 50cm thick and contains some remarkably well preserved tree and flora remains.
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Image Location
Latitude
53.518038
Longitude
-3.063227
