BOULDNOR CLIFF is a submerged, prehistoric settlement site in the SOLENT. The site dates from the Mesolithic Era and is in 11 metres of water, just offshore of the village of BOULDNOR on the Isle of Wight in the United Kingdom.
The preservation of organic materials from this era, that do not normally survive on dry land, has made BOULDNOR important to the understanding of Mesolithic Britain, and the BBC Radio 4’s Making History programme describe it “probably Europe’s most important Mesolithic site” albeit concealed under water.
The site was first discovered by dives from the Maritime Archaeology Trust in 1999, when a lobster was observed discarding worked flint tools from his burrow on the seabed. Since then, several years of fieldwork have revealed that BOULDNOR was a settlement site about 8000 years ago, at a time when lower sea levels meant that the Solent was just a river valley. The work done…
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