Lost to the Sea: A Journey Round the Edges of Britain and Ireland

Medieval kingdoms. Notorious pirate towns. Drowned churches. Crocodile-infested swamps. On a series of coastal walks, Lisa Woollett takes us on an illuminating journey, bringing to life the places where mythology and reality meet at the very edges of Britain and Ireland. From Bronze Age settlements on the Isles of Scilly and submerged prehistoric forests in Wales, to a Victorian amusement park on the Isle of Wight and castles in the air off County Clare, Lisa draws together archaeology, meetings with locals and tales from folklore to reveal how the sea has forged, shaped and often overwhelmed these landscapes and communities. Lost to the Sea is an exhilarating voyage around the ever-shifting shores of the British Isles, and a haunting ode to our profound relationship with the sea.

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‘Beautifully descriptive . . . a really important book’ Raynor Winn

‘Woollett has a gift for bringing to life the strange borderlands of the foreshore’ Observer

‘Woollett is a genuine mudlark, alert and closely attuned to the ways of the intertidal zone’ Philip Marsden