New discovery changes British history forever
Posted On: Feb 27th, 2015 at 21:10
Solent, England.
I can almost see this place from my window!
New discoveries in the sea off the Isle of Wight have shown that a type of wheat that was previously thought not to have arrived in the area for another 2,000 years was being used by Neolithic peoples in an area that was once a river. This is an astounding discovery and once again we find dates being pushed back further into antiquity, which also backs up my own beliefs that many ancient sites are older than the dates given.
Warren Hill (more commonly known locally as ‘Hengistbury Head’) an area of land just a few miles along the beach here in Bournemouth and close to the Isle of Wight, was inhabited at least ten thousand years ago. The area is set at the end of the beach and is surrounded on three sides by water. It offers great views and also a protective shield against invaders, and was probably settled for at least eight thousand years right up until the Iron Age when a settlement and fort was located there. Back into antiquity, ten thousand years ago, the area around Hengistbury Head was mostly flat heathland and it was the perfect area for both protection and food supplies. The river that has now become part of the English Channel due to the inundation of the sea after the ending of the ice age, was once rich with river fish. The finding in the article shows clearly that this area was populated by a highly sophisticated ancient peoples for thousands of years. Although Hengistbury Head and the location of the findings below are a relative distance apart, there is no doubt in those days they were probably a part of the same culture.
