The storms that devastated 'Britain's Atlantis': Scientists find evidence of the coastal erosion that 'drowned' the medieval town of Dunwich

More than six centuries after parts of the coastal village of Dunwich in Suffolk (location pictured) were lost to the sea, researchers are finding clues about just how devastating storms that hit the region really were

Present day Dunwich is a village 14 miles (22.5km) south of Lowestoft in Suffolk. 

It was once a thriving port – similar in size to 14th century London until coastal erosion left it 33ft (10 metres) underwater.

It now lies collapsed and in ruins in a watery grave just off the present coastline. 

As a result, it has been dubbed Britain's Atlantis. 

The project to survey the underwater ruins began in 2008.

In 2013, a team from the University of Southampton used advanced 3D scanning to reveal the port town of Dunwich.

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