Ravenspurn

Ravenspurn

Ravenspurn was an old East Riding of Yorkshire town, in England, which was lost due to coastal erosion. The town is one of more than 30 along the Holderness Coast which have been lost to the North Sea since the 1800s. The town was located close to the end of a peninsula close to Ravenser Odd, which has also been flooded. The peninsula still survives in some form today and is known as Spurn Head. The North Sea lies to the east of the peninsula; the river Humber lies to the west.

The nearest major city was Kingston upon Hull.

The region of coastline is known as the Holderness Coast, geologically the land is made from glacial tills (boulder clay). This type of land is subject to coastal erosion and the town was lost to the sea.

Now at sea, areas around the site are being drilled for natural gas.

Ravenspurn appears in the William Shakespeare plays Richard II, 1 Henry IV, and 3 Henry VI under the spelling "Ravenspurgh".

ee also

* Ravenser Odd

External links

* [http://www.yorkshirehistory.com/RAVENSER/index.htm History of Ravenser]


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