The Story Beneath the Solent
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The Story Beneath the Solent
The Forward for the booklet:
The heritage concealed within our seabed is far greater than previously supposed. The discoveries of fishermen and divers show the richness of maritime archaeology in the Solent, its harbours and adjacent waters. Their reports tell us of the bones of a buried mammoth here, the flint tools of a prehistoric hunter there. Elsewhere they find wine jars from a Roman cargo and nearby the timbers from an ancient wreck. Our creek and estuary shores provide the location for the remains of prehistoric settlements, along with those of ships, boats and other craft from many periods in our maritime history. The Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology, launched in 1991 with the backing of Hampshire County Council and the then Isle of Wight County Council, seeks to identify, preserve and make people aware of this fragile and mostly unseen heritage. The first edition of the Story Beneath the Solent was published by our predecessor trust, the Isle of Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology, in 1991 and has proved extremely popular. It is timely that the second edition is published in this Millennium Year.
Mrs Mary Fagan
Lord Lieutenant of Hampshire
President, Hampshire and Wight Trust for Maritime Archaeology