Abstract
Abstract A peat bed resting on till and overlain by dune sand, which is exposed on the beach at Low Hauxley, Druridge Bay, Northumberland, is shown by pollen and radiocarbon analysis to be of early Flandrian III age. Four local pollen assemblage zones are recognised at the site, confirmed by numerical analysis, which mainly reflect seral changes within the local mire communities. Mire inception and development seem to have been governed by coastal processes, including sea‐level fluctuations and blown‐sand migration. Human forest clearance seems to have had a lesser, but significant, influence upon local vegetation history. The evidence from Low Hauxley is considered in relation to data from other sites of the period in north‐east England and the Netherlands.
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