The incredible sight of a prehistoric forest submerged under water thousands of years ago is slowly being revealed on a Welsh beach.
Dozens of tree stumps, trunks and root systems become visible at low tide at Trearddur Bay. Beaches along the Welsh coast have remnants of ancient woodlands, a legacy of rising sea levels brought about by the end of the last Ice Age 20,000 years ago. Over thousands of years, coastal forests were drowned and the outline of Wales was altered as melting ice caused sea waters to rise.
North Wales Live reported that evidence of this process can be seen on several beaches on Anglesey, including Lligwy, Lleiniog and Porth Diana. But nowhere are the island’s sunken trees more prominent than on Traeth Trearddur. Photos shared online have been labelled "amazing" and "spooky".
