Baker's Island
Baker's Island is an uninhabited island in Langstone Harbour, Hampshire, on the south coast.
The island is 450 yards long and up to 330 yards wide but only rises to a little over 6 feet above Ordnance Datum.[1] Mesolithic and Neolithic flintwork has been found on the island along with Bronze Age and Romano-British pottery.[1] There are a number of structures on the island including the remains of a flint-walled building and five 16-foot by 5-foot brick shelters believed to be part of a Second World War starfish decoy site.[1]
In 1978 the island along with the other islands in Langstone Harbour was acquired by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds who turned it into a bird sanctuary.[2] Since that time unauthorised landings have been forbidden.[2]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Adam, Neil J; Momber, Gary (2000). "Baker's Island". in Allen, Michael J; Gardiner, Julie. Our Changing Coast a survey of the intertidal archaeology of Langstone Harbour Hampshire. York: Council for British Archaeology. pp. 100–104. ISBN 1-902771-14-1.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Tweed, Ronald (2000). A History of Langstone Harbour and its environs in the County of Hampshire. Dido Publications. pp. 159–160. ISBN 0-9533312-1-0.
Coordinates: 50°49′39″N 1°00′52″W / 50.8274°N 1.0145°W
