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Trench For MEA Pipeline Provides Evidence Of Ancient Lake And Major Flood

A trench that was dug to make way for a new gas pipeline in the North of the Island has revealed major insights into what the landscape looked like 2000 years ago.

The finds were made recently as the Manx Electricity Authority excavated a trench for their new pipeline between Ramsey and Ballaugh. 

Through examining a section of the trench the team from the Centre for Manx Studies were able to identify silt deposits, which once formed a vast wetland stretching from Ballaugh Cronk to Ramsey.

It’s also been determined that the fallen trees in the surrounding area would have been carried there by a major flood, not by one big storm which was originally the belief.

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