Join us for a day exploring elements of medieval settlement and landscape in coastal areas. There will be breaks throughout the day.

9:50 Welcome and opening

David Petts, Durham University

Medieval fishing landscapes in Northumberland

David Griffiths, University of Oxford

Medieval coastal sites in sand dune areas

Caitlin Green, University of Cambridge

Missing Lincs: medieval settlement, drowned villages, and lost islands on the Lincolnshire coastline

Gillian Draper, University of Kent

How much did it matter? The sea and settlement on the south-east coast of England

Peter Brown, Radboud University

Dealing with disaster: settlements, society and natural hazards in medieval Britain

Maily Serra, Freelance Archaeologist

Coastal settlements and landscapes in Medieval Sardinia (Italy): the case of the Kingdom of Calari

Solenn Troadec, Harvard University

Cemeteries, coastal spaces and maritime connections in the western Channel (c.650-1050 AD)

Keynote Speaker: Tim Soens, University of Antwerp

Villages on the move. Coastal settlement, adaptation and maladaptation to climate extremes and environmental change in late medieval Flanders

16:00 Summary and close