Submerged Forest, Newgale, NPRN544148

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The remains of a prehistoric ‘submerged forest’ are located at Newgale Sands, Pembrokeshire, towards the southern end of the beach, near Mildenhall Point.

A c.5.5m section of tree was exposed in the autumn of 2021, surrounded by associated layers of peat and fragments of branches. Samples from the latter returned a date of c.4,000BC, matching the general dates for other submerged forests around the coasts of Wales.

Sites such as this are remnants of former land, often forested, which became drowned and then submerged as sea-levels rose following the end of the last ice age. Peat deposits sometimes contain the footprints of the people who once walked here, or the animals that they shared the landscape with.

Our photogrammetry survey took place in November 2021. The site is listed in the National Monuments Record of Wales: NPRN544148 https://coflein.gov.uk/en/site/544148/

Work was undertaken as part of the CHERISH Project. To find out more, visit our website: http://www.cherishproject.eu/en/