Six UK castles - including one immortalised in the Arthurian legends - are at risk of tumbling into the sea as climate change increases the pace of coastal erosion.
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garrison walls on the scilly islands. and calshot castle in the river solent. there is a real risk that some of the sites we look after are not going to be able to be defended for ever. and we can t stand in the way of natural processes we have to let them work naturally, we have to allow erosion to occur. so we re not trying to stand in the way of it, what we re trying to do now is essentially buy time. so places that people value and people want to look after, we can put measures in place to protect them. an appeal has been launched to raise money to defend the sites. britain s coast is and has always been shaped and changed by waves and storms. but with scientists predicting that sea levels could rise by as much as a metre by the end of the century, difficult decisions will have to be made about what homes and what castles we try to protect. jonah fisher, bbc news. it is really interesting. this morning, when it is light, our
The cliff-top ruins of an ancient castle long claimed as the birthplace of the legendary King Arthur is "at risk of being lost for ever" as climate change