Maps, surveys and photographs from about 1830 are examined to determine the extent of erosion.
For the first time, how the entire coastline of Northern Ireland is changing has been mapped by researchers at Ulster University.
The group began with the first detailed Ordnance Survey maps of Northern Ireland, dated circa 1830, and worked through to the present day with a recent coastal topographic LiDAR survey. The largest shoreline advancement over the last two centuries was identified at Murlough near Newcastle in County Down."The largest shoreline advancements recorded in the last two centuries along the Northern Ireland coastline were all induced by human modifications, mainly during the 19th century," said Prof Andrew Cooper, co-investigator on the project.
Similar build-up at Ballykinler in County Down was linked to local geology and inlet exchanges between the inner and outer Dundrum Bay.
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