Search for the “Atlantis of Yorkshire”, an English medieval harbor surrounded by waves

Some call it “Atlantis Yorkshire. “Others call it the port city, once located at the mouth of the Humber Estory, after its name: Ravenser Od. This site was destroyed and abandoned during a memorable storm in 1362. In it lies the secret of the North Sea, Lost for a long time under the gray waves of the east coast of the British Isles. Its memory, however, survives, and today a team of British academics promises to trace the lost port.

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“Based on the stories brought to us by local lobster fishermen, I hope we find something.”Daniel Parsons told the British daily Defender . Geologist and researcher at the University of Hull (East Yorkshire) is one of two professors behind research at the port of Ravenser Ode. Daniel Parsons, associated with historian Bill Matheson, who worked on the history of the submerged port, was able in November to raise the necessary funds for the first campaign of sounds organized over ten hectares beyond the peninsula. Spurn Island is on the edge of the Humber Facade.

Alas, not the slightest intermediate line appeared on the devices of scientists last fall. These initial failed searches did nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of researchers who were about to launch a second radar anticipation campaign in late March or early April. The new study line this time will target the location slightly further west. “We need to get good pictures. It remains to be seen whether we will find what we are looking for.Already announced in November BBC, Geologist Steve Simmons (University of Hull) and related to this “Atlantis of Yorkshire” search. Less wonderful than the utopian city mentioned PlatoThe port – or the rest of it – would still be a great invention.

Understanding the past and preparing for the future

“The story of the Reverend Ott is highly motivating about the potential impact of coastal erosion on settlements”, Daniel Parsons mentions. According to the scientist, studying the turbulent outcome of the site will make it possible to better understand a recurring event with unavoidable events in the future. Sea level rise due to climate change. And what a decision. Founded in the middle of XIII^And In the twentieth century, the small port enjoyed its strategic location at Yorkshire’s sea entrance for almost a century. The crossing point on the way to Hull and Leeds, the site was created and contained more than a hundred thatched huts, created its own annual exhibition and seemed to be anchored at the edge of the faade. But it was innumerable Ocean options.

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Under the constant onslaught of waves and storms, the first houses of the Ravenser Oats in the 1340s fell into the water. In January 1362, during the historically documented chapter of the Wave of Saint Marseille, the plot came to a head. Terrible Bad Weather, Grot Montrenke (“Great Drowning”) In the Netherlands, fell in a part of the North Sea and rang the death knell for the port of Ravenser Ode, as did many English, German, Flemish and Danish bases. According to archives kept at Hull University, there is not the slightest trace of the city in the 1400s.

“Understanding the past prepares you better for the future”, So the expected effects from coastal erosion and extreme weather events in the future, explains Daniel Parsons. The researcher imagines that in terms of archaeological remains, it would be easier to find the equivalent of smaller ones than Atlantis. Underwater Bombay. “By studying historical sites washed in the same way as the Bay of Naples, we generally find that the foundations of various structures are well preserved.”He described Defender. Ancient statues or Roman temples are expected to appear beneath the cold water from Yorkshire, but rather the remains of warehouses, docks and harbor prisons. “These structures are not easily washed away by the waves”, Summarizes Daniel Parsons with confidence. It is up to marine researchers to figure out exactly where the Poseidon Veil should be raised.