Bigfoot & Hominids

Bouldnor Cliff

Off Yarmouth, Isle of Wight

A Stone Age village under the sea, with a mystery about wheat.

Eleven metres under the Solent lies a Stone Age site, drowned around 8,000 years ago when the sea rose. Divers have found worked timbers, tools and a possible boatbuilding platform.

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When: About 6000 BC
Where: 50.7150, -1.4500
Group: Bigfoot & Hominids

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The site is underwater. Finds are explained by the Maritime Archaeology Trust.

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