This project has been funded by the Suffolk Coast & Heaths AONB and Suffolk Secrets
Dunwich, a place where the fragility of the shoreline and the forces of nature become visibly apparent. The Suffolk Coast is subject to constant change as erosion gradually reshapes the coastline. The current beach is over a mile further inland than it was in Roman times. The people of the town have always lived with erosion and in the thirteenth century a series of storms washed away a third of the prosperous town. The current sea level rise in this part of the country is around 4mm a year and there’s a growing focus on working with this natural process rather than the traditional approach of keeping the sea out. Continue reading “Mapping the tide at Dunwich Beach”
Caloplaca favescens growing on limestone grave 
Agricultural layers, boundaries managed by man, pine lines missing a few blown and shaped by wind, soils depleted and replenished, electricity lines. Visual clues are purely a surface layer of manmade landscape. What is beneath? How can we visualise the layers of history and geodiversity? 