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Nelson Street Ryde, Isle of Wight 2006
Ryde Pier, Isle of Wight.
1968 in service for BR between Ryde and PotsmouthSANDS OF TIME
SANDS OF TIME
The remains of a wooden hurdle have recently been recorded
on Ryde West Sands by the Isle of Wight Council's Archaeological Service
Bronze Age hurdle on Ryde beach The hurdle is staked down by two parallel rows of posts 1.2 metres apart. A similar structure nearby has been radiocarbon dated to between 1500 and 1200 BC, which places it in the Bronze Age. The hurdles are located in an area of soft mud and it's thought they were constructed to serve as short trackways or bridges
Following the success of the Wootton - Quarr project, English Heritage are now funding a less intensive five year programme to monitor changes to the condition of sites which have already been recorded in the intertidal zone between Wootton Creek and Ryde, and to survey new sites which are becoming exposed as the beach erodes.
