In the 11th Century, Dunwich was the 10th largest town in England, but now has about residents. Two great storms in and resulted in the loss of its harbour and started its decline. Prof Sear said pollen analysis revealed how "people gave up on Dunwich" after , when another great storm silted up the port for good, and food production declined.
Sediment gathered from the cliffs, he said, "independently confirmed the sequences of storms recorded in the historical record". Dating of the old defensive town ditch produced a result which surprised the researchers - suggesting the town's origins date back to the Iron Age.
The underwater research has been carried out using acoustic imaging technology, and has unearthed a series of buildings. But we've also found shipwrecks for example, and there's some we've found with this Touching the Tide project, which no-one's known before. The shipwreck was found on the seabed just north of the village. Licence: Open Government Licence. Source: Ordnance Survey County Boundaries. Location of Dunwich within Suffolk. Location of Dunwich within IP Source: Wikipedia: List of postcode districts in the United Kingdom.
Dunwich is 4 miles south-west of Southwold. Dunwich is 5 miles north of Leiston. Dunwich is 7 miles south-east of Halesworth. Dunwich is 7 miles north-east of Saxmundham. Dunwich is 9 miles north of Aldeburgh. Dunwich is 13 miles east of Framlingham. The period was perhaps the most devastating in its history.
Figure 2: The decline of Dunwich was also linked to the economic viability of the town as a harbour. As the spit grew, Dunwich harbour silted and finally blocked. The Blythe and Dunwich rivers forced a new exit across the spit to the north, becoming permanent in the 16th century. Over time different attempts were made to cut new exits to the Dunwich harbour, and raids and murder were made on the Southwold and Walberswick seamen.
Most scholars agree that Dunwich was most probably the site of a Roman coastal fort, and was certainly a Saxon settlement Comfort ; Bacon In Dunwich was one of the ten largest towns or cities in England Comfort, The pile of ballast probably results from the ship leaning to landward as it was driven onto the sand bank or beach during a storm.
At the moment we do not know the identity or type of wreck but someone somewhere will — so the next step is to work with local museums and archives to track this information down.
We have located a new wreck, which itself reminds us of the dangers of this coast, and the variety of the heritage that can be found in the coastal zone. We have also learned just how dynamic the sea bed is off this coast. Movements of sand and shingle occur on a daily basis but huge quantities are shifted around during storms, revealing and burying the archaeology.
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