LL-L "History" 2005.10.14 (04) [E]

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L O W L A N D S - L * 14 October 2005 * Volume 04
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From: Sandy Fleming <sandy at scotstext.org>
Subject: "History" [E]

> From: R. F. Hahn <sassisch at yahoo.com>
> Subject: History
>
> Aren't we talking about the Isle of Taneth (with an "e") here?  It's at the
> eastern tip of Kent (Roman "Cantium"), separated from the mainland by the
> Whatsum Channel, which has been silted in in more recent times.  In Roman
> times, the island lay a good mile offshore, and its name was "Tanatus
> insula" then.  The main town is Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate coming
> next.  The usual way of reaching the "island" is via Canterbury, pretty
much
> the same route that existed in Roman times.  There are loads of Roman
relics
> on Taneth.  In Saxon times it tended to be called "Tenet."

Interesting, I didn't know about that.

Did the "Isle of Purbeck" in Dorset also used to be an actual island?

I also know two other non-islands: Barry Island in South Wales and
Burntisland in
Fife, Scotland.

When I was a child my father told me that Burntisland was so called
because the
Vikings burnt it and they _thought_ it was an island. This sounds a bit
too obvious,
though - anybody could have made that up! And there's nothing in the local
topography that would suggest an island as far as I can see.

Mind you I originally _thought_ the Isle of Purbeck was an island because I
approached it via the chain ferry from Poole. It was only looking at a map
much
later that I got a big surprise!

Sandy
http://scotstext.org/

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