Petrified forest on a beach uncovered by the weather

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Since the "Beast from the East" blew and washed away swathes of sand from Redcar (UK) beach two weeks ago, the petrified remains of an old forest - as well as bits of old shipwrecks - have been there for all to see.

Experts believe the forest will originally have formed part of Doggerland, an ancient stretch of sparsely populated land which connected UK to Europe.

It existed until 5-6,000 BC, but was then gradually flooded by melting glacial ice and geological activity.

Dr Steve Sherlock, from Tees Archaeology, said the Redcar forest was at least 6,000 years old.

Dr Steve Sherlock said: “It’s from the neolithic period, probably around 4,000 BC, when the tide went much further out and that land was covered in forest.

“It’s part of an extensive forest formed after the last Ice Age and was last exposed to any great extent in 2013.

“You can sometimes see evidence of axe marks where the trees have been chopped down, as well as fallen trees and various stumps.”

The forest is “petrified” because over thousands of years, pore spaces in the wood are filled with minerals, causing it to become stone-like.

The first written account of the submerged forest at Redcar dates from 1871, when even preserved red deer antlers and wild boar tusks were found.

Dr Steve Sherlock said: “It’s from the neolithic period, probably around 4,000 BC, when the tide went much further out and that land was covered in forest.

“It’s part of an extensive forest formed after the last Ice Age and was last exposed to any great extent in 2013.

“You can sometimes see evidence of axe marks where the trees have been chopped down, as well as fallen trees and various stumps.”

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