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Yorkshire’s Atlantis? Or the county’s very own Port Royal….?

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Many sites are connected with Atlantis. So much so that the name is attached to “lost” towns and villages that are being searched for today. Among these is Ravenspur, which was in the East Riding of Yorkshire. It’s famous to medievalists for being where Henry IV (as Duke of Lancaster) landed in 1399 and Edward IV in 1471.

According to this article archaeologists are hot on the trail of the lost town and port. You can read more here.

 Map of the Humber from 1595, showing Kingston upon Hull on the north bank at the left, and Grimsby on the south bank at the lower right. Ravenser Odd would have been located a mile out from Spurn Point, the thin headland at the mouth of the river. Courtesy of the British Library.

Mind you, according to this site there was much more going on at Ravenspur. It wasn’t simply for trading and providing a convenient landing spot for invading kings. The place was seething with pirates and other individuals of a criminal turn of mind.

Not a venue for a casual stroll out alone at night!

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