Shipwrecks uncovered by winter storms (opens in new tab)

Winter storms don’t just cause havoc for modern infrastructure; they also have the potential to damage historic structures, as seen at North Berwick Harbour, where the harbour walls were breached during Storm Babet in November 2023. These weather events also uncover buried archaeology along our coastlines. The removal of sediment from the shoreline can expose archaeology or indeed disperse the remains of underwater heritage sites, from shipwrecks to crashed aircraft.