Spurn Point
The photo shows Spurn Point from the south. The buildings in the
foreground are a lifeboat station and Humber Pilots base. These are
soon to be abandoned due to the likelyhood of the neck of the spit
being breached. To the right deposition inside the curve of the spit
(Old Den) can be seen. Just to the northwest of the lighthouse seen in
the centre of the picture, but not visible in this photo are the old
lighthouse keepers buildings, now derilict and partly overwhelmed by
sand. These buildings were partly destroyed by winter storms a few
years ago. The frequently relaid road to the tip is testament to the
rapid movement of the spit neck. Spurn Point is a narrow sandy
promentory aproximately five kilometers long. It is located on the
south-eastern tip of the Holderness plain which forms the northern
banks of the Humber estuary. It is easily reached from Hull by car,
parking is availible for which a small fee is payable.
The strategic position of the sand spit, guarding the entrance to a
major waterway lead to its use as a position for shipping beacons and
lighthouses. Historical accounts of settlements and lighthouses,
particularly accounts of their destruction and the break up of the
spit have enabled us to discover that over the last 1000 years there
have been five 'Spurn points'. Each spit has grown until it has become
unstable, been destroyed and then rebuilt slightly to the west of the
former one, the cycles lasting approximately 250 years. The current
spit is nearing the end of the cycle, and despite considerable coastal
defences the neck is in continual danger of being breached. To the
east lies the North Sea. The direction of maximum fetch is from the
north-east and longshore drift is southward. To the north west is the
Dawlish warren is a major sand spit at the mouth of the River Exe, and
In 1991, all shoreline portions of Woodard Bay NRCA, all flat areas within 60 meters of the shore, existing trails inland from the shore, and NRCA boundaries were the subject of archaeological reconnaissance, which yield a total of 21 prehistoric archaeological sites.
The firs settlement of the site was in 1874. Over the years, it received significant attention from the arrow head collectors. According to XXX, from then until 1964, collecting activity increased, and 3-5 ft. of surface deposits had been stripped over an area of some 5,000 ft2. Research by the University of Calgary at the site began in 1965, the tests demonstrated that the site was in excess of 3,000 years old. The artifacts found in the site from the past excavations including tipi rings, buried camps rock alignments, cairns, eagle-trapping pits, vision-quest structures, pictographs, and burials.
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... two remaining sites on the property are retained by the Army, the South Plants location due to historical use and the North Plant location which is now a landfill containing the remains of various buildings used in the North and South Plant locations. As of May 21, 2011 the official Visitor Center was opened with an exhibit about the site's history ranging from the homesteading era to its current use as a National Wildlife Refuge.
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