Found: Church that fell off a cliff

By MAIL ON SUNDAY REPORTER
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Scientists searching for Britain’s ‘Atlantis’ have made a breakthrough in their search for a 16th Century city swallowed by the North Sea.

They have located the ruins of one of six churches in the once thriving port of Dunwich in Suffolk using acoustic imaging to scan the seabed.

Stuart Bacon, 75, director of Suffolk Underwater Studies, said: ‘We’ve found a medieval church called St John’s.

All Saints Church, Dunwich Cliffs, Suffolk

All Saint's Church was another victim of erosion on Dunwich Cliffs. The church reached the cliff's edge in 1904 with the tower falling into the sea in 1922.

‘I’ve been looking for it for about 35 years so it’s very exciting.’

Mr Bacon, who is working alongside a team from Southampton University, said the 13th Century church tumbled down cliffs in about 1540.

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