A Different Kind Of Occupation

The Mesolithic period — the Middle Stone Age, dated roughly from about 10,000 BCE to about 4,000 BCE in Britain — was a time of profound environmental transition.

The great ice sheets that had covered northern Europe during the Last Glacial Maximum were retreating rapidly.

Sea levels were rising as the meltwater returned to the oceans.

The landmass of Britain was changing shape.

At the start of the Mesolithic, Britain was not yet an island.