The Ferriby Boats are three Bronze-Age British sewn plank-built boats, parts of which were discovered at North Ferriby in the East Riding of the English county of Yorkshire.

Between 1937 and 1963 Christopher and Edward (Ted) Wright discovered three Bronze Age ships at North Ferriby on the Humber foreshore. Excavation showed that all were originally …

Xiaozhai is the name of an abandoned village nearby and means "little village", and "Tiankeng" means Heavenly Pit, a unique regional name for sinkholes in China. A 2,800-step staircase …

The Ferriby Boats are Bronze Age, plank-built boats discovered at North Ferriby in East Riding, Yorkshire. Built from wood, willow and moss they're about 16 m in length and were used to …

Nov 19, 2023 · North Ferriby’s history is one intrinsically linked with shipping and sea-faring and here is quite a remarkable story. In 1931, wooden planks belonging to an ancient boat were …

Ferriby 5, found in 1989, is part of a cleat similar to those on the Brigg ‘raft’. For several decades, these boat remains were held at the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich; all surviving …

Feb 22, 2025 · A Victorian map could hold the answers to why two sinkholes opened up and swallowed parts of a quiet Surrey village’s high street earlier this week. The first crater …

South Ferriby has a fascinating history. The location of the village, just where the Wolds meet the Humber has meant that since prehistoric times it has had a strategic importance. The name of...

The upper boundary is an uneven erosion surface, that may be stained with iron minerals and glauconite, at the top of a succession of marly chalk (Ferriby Formation) and a little way above …

Aug 17, 2017 · In general terms, the beds exposed on the South Ferriby foreshore tilt eastward, exposing the older (Jurassic) rocks to the west and the younger (Cretaceous) rocks to the …