Binnel Bay

Archaeological findings from the landslide deposits at Binnel Bay have identified evidence of human activity in this area of the Undercliff dating back to the Neolithic. These finds included a Neolithic soil horizon dated to 2530BC, containing charcoal and the remains of red squirrel, red deer and marine molluscs. Later prehistoric evidence includes midden deposits of Bronze Age to Iron Age date. In 1977 a Paleolithic handaxe of Acheulean style was discovered on land immediately west of Binnel Bay. It is thought the handaxe may have originated from deposits that were originally on the downland above the Undercliff, and were subsequently worked into the landslide complex at a later date.…