It is ISLE of Thanet: Or Wantsum, I want some
Nothing like obscure Kentish river puns.
I must hunt for better res pictures but this demonstrates why the Saxon Shore Way is so far from the coast:
This is one, three and five meter sea level rises.
If you could click, you would be able to tell if Reculver and Richborough form the north and south entries to the channel from the Thames estuary to the English Channel, and whether Grove Ferry again needs a ferry.
It looks like the Stour is navigable beyond Fordwich (as it was around St Augustine, say C6th CE) up to Canterbury. Kewl.
Edit:
Looks like this is the work of some of my colleagues. Time to network.
I must hunt for better res pictures but this demonstrates why the Saxon Shore Way is so far from the coast:
This is one, three and five meter sea level rises.
If you could click, you would be able to tell if Reculver and Richborough form the north and south entries to the channel from the Thames estuary to the English Channel, and whether Grove Ferry again needs a ferry.
It looks like the Stour is navigable beyond Fordwich (as it was around St Augustine, say C6th CE) up to Canterbury. Kewl.
Edit:
Looks like this is the work of some of my colleagues. Time to network.