30 March 2017
Archaeologists on the
Essex coast have discovered a 6ft (2m) long mammoth tusk during an unusually
low tide.
The find was made by
members and volunteers with Coastal and Intertidal Zone Archaeological Network
(Citizan) on Thursday morning off Mersea Island.
Project officer Stephanie
Ostrich said: "We came across it by chance. It is incredibly fragile and
quite a rare find."
Samples and photographs
were taken of the tusk, which was then left in situ.
Citizan works with
amateur archaeologists along the coast.
The mammoth tusk was
found during a "field walk" in which participants walk along a
stretch of beach in a long line and record what they find.
The tusk was discovered
about 1km (0.6m) from the coast off Cooper's Beach.
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