OK it's not headline news, having been covered in all the local media and with plenty of shots on Facebook, etc. But, seeing as I went to take a look, why not? The location is by a pair of steps near the fast food trailer at Le Port (
map) near the end of Rte de la Marette.
As seen from the beach.
A layer of peat on top of looser material that some have called
loess, but looks more like a cross between a newly started compost heap and Christmas pud to me :)
Looking down, 1....
.. 2.
You could probably arrange a crude joke about ancient wood and Bruce Forsyth if you're so inclined...
.. still quite impressive to think it's been here for some 8000 years. And still a little disappointing compared to what I've hoped to see ever since my parents
(many years ago) said there were 'tree stumps' down here somewhere :)
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