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MuseumsSite Name: Kings Lynn Museum Alternative Name: King's Lynn
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.423 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Norfolk Type: Museum
Nearest Town: Kings Lynn
Map Ref: TF62022005  Landranger Map Number: 132
Latitude: 52.753773N  Longitude: 0.399274E
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TheCaptain visited on 11th Jun 2024 A visit to the Lynn museum in Kings Lynn, hopefully to see the remains of Seahenge, removed from Holme beach and displayed here. I had seen online that the gallery in the museum was closed for building work, stating that it would reopen in "early June". It is now the 11th June, so not expecting to be able to see it, I was hoping! Upon getting to the museum, the people at the reception told me that the building work was over running, it was not open, but they were now hopeful for some time in July 2024. No good to me.

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Reflection submitted by Tragic : Reflected Tragic aka Paul Brooker at the Sea Henge display in Kings Lynn, Norfolk (Vote or comment on this photo)
Museum in Norfolk. An exhibition of part of the Bronze Age timber circle, Seahenge, is at the centre of a £1m redevelopment of King's Lynn Museum.

The story of West Norfolk people from prehistoric times.

Address: Old Market Street, PE30 1NL
Phone: 01553 775001

More at their Web Site We have photos of Seahenge in situ, including webcam images of the protest at the excavation here.

Note: Seahenge stump arrives in King's Lynn museum, see latest comment. As a reminder of the controversy surrounding its extraction, see the archived webcam images in our gallery.
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Information on Seahenge from Norfolk Museums by Andy B on Saturday, 06 January 2018
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Information on Seahenge from Norfolk Museums:

https://web.archive.org/web/20140508061535/http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/Research/Collections/Archaeology_Collections/Seahenge/index.htm

Information sheet:
https://web.archive.org/web/20170903162251/http://www.museums.norfolk.gov.uk/view/NCC095944

The scientific paper detailing the findings of the excavations on 'Seahenge' and the subsequent research programme was published in the
Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society VOLUME 69, 2003

The Survey and Excavation of a Bronze Age Timber Circle at Holme-next-the-Sea, Norfolk, 1998–9 by Mark Brennand & Maisie Taylor

In 1998 a circle of timber posts within the intertidal zone on the north Norfolk coast was brought to the attention of the Norfolk County Council Archaeological Service. A subsequent programme of archaeological recording and dating revealed that the structure was constructed in the spring or early summer of 2049 BC, during the Early Bronze Age. Because of the perceived threat of damage and erosion from the sea a rescue excavation was undertaken during the summer months of 1999. The structure was entirely excavated, involving the removal of the timbers and a programme of stratigraphic recording and environmental analysis. A survey was also undertaken within the environs of the site which has identified further timber structures dating from the Bronze Age. Detailed examination of the timber from the circle has produced a wealth of unexpected information which has added greatly to our understanding of Early Bronze Age woodworking, organisation of labour and the layout and construction of timber ritual monuments.
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Re: Kings Lynn Museum by Anonymous on Monday, 14 May 2012
the museum incidently, rather than the google street view, is directly next to the bus stop, most excellent for the coasthopper to Holne, and a short walk from the railway station, Kings Lynn, Cambridge, London Kings Cross, twenty quid and about two hours travel.

What one thinks of the display is another matter, and yet another matter is that another sea henge has popped up nearby, and been left in situ.
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Re: Grant puts Seahenge in the spotlight by Anonymous on Monday, 14 May 2012
Sea Henge, being neither sea nor henge, is a words and things thing, but never the less, the museum is now open. In addition, there is Pryor. Pryor is a bibliography matter for he deals with other places than Seahenge, which is really only a wrapper.
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Re: Seahenge stump arrives in Lynn by Anonymous on Thursday, 29 April 2010
Nice that they moved it to preserve it, Just wondering if the original site was considered as hallowed ground, and if so, some of the granted money should have been used to set markers where the original trees were set.
Also since only half of the original timbers are being used for display, what happens to the rest of them ???
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Re: Seahenge stump arrives in Lynn by Runemage on Wednesday, 28 April 2010
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"But while the purpose of Seahenge's central stump remains unknown, scientists studying its ring of timbers have discovered ancient society in Norfolk was far more advanced than had previously been believed."

Found some chainsaw marks, did they ;-)
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Seahenge stump arrives in Lynn by Andy B on Wednesday, 28 April 2010
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Four thousand years after our ancestors built a timber circle on what is now Holme Beach, the final part of the monument was this morning lifted into what should be its final resting place.

A small crowd gathered in King's Lynn Bus Station in the lazy Sunday morning sunshine as the glass front of Lynn Museum was removed and the giant oak stump was painstakingly manoeuvred into its new home.

Museum officials held their breath as the carefully wrapped one and a half tonne stump was gradually rolled off a special van.

The completed Seahenge display will go on show this summer inside a replica of its original setting.

Controversy surrounded the decision to excavate the 4,000-year-old monument after it was discovered late in 1998.

But while the purpose of Seahenge's central stump remains unknown, scientists studying its ring of timbers have discovered ancient society in Norfolk was far more advanced than had previously been believed.

More than 20,000 visitors a year have...

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Seahenge set to be complete for the first time in 10 years by Andy B on Saturday, 16 January 2010
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An iconic ancient monument uncovered by the tides on a Norfolk beach will soon be complete for the first time in a decade.

Scientists have been studying and preserving the Seahenge timber circle since it was excavated at Holme, near Hunstanton, in early 1999.

There were protests after archaeologists decided to remove the upturned oak stump and ring of 55 posts from the sands.

But the 4000-year-old structure shed new light on how our ancestors lived, showing Bronze Age society was more advanced than had previously been believed.

Thousands have been to see the timbers, which went on show two years ago at King's Lynn Museum. Experts had spent nearly a decade drying out the posts and immersing them in special wax.

But the much larger central stump - an upturned tree which may have formed an altar - took a further two years to be preserved by maritime archaeologists at the Mary Rose Trust, in Portsmouth.

Now the stump is ready to be installed at the centre of the timber...

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Seahenge brings in record visitors by Andy B on Friday, 16 May 2008
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A Norfolk museum has recorded a large increase in visitors since opening a unique display of the Bronze Age wood circle known as Seahenge.

The Lynn Museum in King's Lynn underwent a £1.2m redevelopment before the exhibition was opened last month.

Norfolk Museums Service said 1,500 visited in its opening month, 73% more year-on-year before the display opened.

Seahenge was moved from its site at Holme-next-the-Sea and preserved in 1999, a year after being discovered.

Seahenge - 55 oak posts in a circle with a central stump - sat unnoticed and undisturbed off the Norfolk coast for almost 4,000 years.

Archaeologists at the Bronze Age Centre, believe between 50 and 80 people may have helped build the circle, possibly to mark the death of an important individual.

Seahenge became exposed at low tides after the peat dune covering it was swept away by winter storms.

The museum said if the rate of visits continues it will exceed forecasts.

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Ancient Seahenge 'returns home' by Andy B on Thursday, 03 April 2008
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A timber circle dating back 4,000 years which was found in the sea off the Norfolk coast is to return to the county in a permanent display.

Seahenge, with 55 oak posts and a central upturned stump dating from the Bronze Age, was found emerging from a beach at Holme-next-the-Sea in 1998.

Timbers were studied at the Bronze Age Centre, Peterborough, then preserved at the Mary Rose Trust, Portsmouth.

Now Seahenge has gone on display at the Lynn Museum in King's Lynn.

After Seahenge was excavated, 3D laser scanning revealed the earliest metal tool marks on wood ever discovered in Britain.

Archaeologists at the Bronze Age Centre, believe between 50 and 80 people may have helped build the circle, possibly to mark the death of an important individual.

Seahenge became exposed at low tides after the peat dune covering it was swept away by winter storms.

The site's excavation was initially halted by protests by a group of about 12 Druids and environmental campaigners who...

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Lynn Museum close to unveiling Seahenge timbers by Andy B on Friday, 15 February 2008
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Lynn Museum has closed temporarily while its new Seahenge gallery is completed to tell the story of Bronze Age Lynn and showcase the 4,000-year-old timbers found at nearby Holme.

The timbers have been on quite a journey since they were excavated from the shoreline in 1999. The preserved circle of oak posts was lifted and initially taken to Flag Fen Bronze Age Centre in Cambridgeshire for preliminary preservation and studying, before the Mary Rose Trust in Portsmouth received them for conservation work in 2003.

The new gallery at Lynn Museum will display half of the 55 timbers as they were found and also a reconstruction of what they might have looked like when built. The central up-turned tree stump is still at Portsmouth – its size means conservation work on it is taking longer.

“The museum has all of them, but after thorough public consultation we decided to display just half of them so that we also had the space to tell the story behind them,” said Hannah Jackson, Project...

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Seahenge ready to return to Norfolk by Andy B on Monday, 15 January 2007
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Norfolk's famous Bronze Age timber circle should finally be returning to the county in the next couple of months, ready to take pride of place in a flagship exhibition.

A display of part of Seahenge, which was controversially excavated from the shoreline at Holme, near Hunstanton, in 1999, is set to be the crowning glory of a £1m museum redevelopment at King's Lynn.

The 55 oak posts and central, upturned tree stump, which were all that remained of a structure built by an inland farming community in the spring or early summer of 2049BC, have been undergoing specialist conservation at the Mary Rose Trust in Portsmouth.

Although work on the giant stump - thought to be the largest piece of wood ever preserved, is expected to take several more years, the timbers themselves are now in the final stages of the process.

The main chapel gallery at Lynn Museum was closed to the public after Christmas to allow staff to prepare for the installation of an exhibition telling the story...

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Grant puts Seahenge in the spotlight by Andy B on Friday, 18 August 2006
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Museum visitors will be able to experience more of the history of a remarkable Norfolk monument next year - thanks to a cash windfall from the government.

An exhibition of part of the Bronze Age timber circle, Seahenge, is set to be the crowning glory of a £1m redevelopment of King's Lynn Museum.

The museum reopened to visitors at Easter following the completion of the first phase of the revamp, which included the removal of a ceiling to expose the roof and windows of the former non-Conformist chapel for the first time in four decades.

Posts from the circle, which have been undergoing specialist conservation at the Mary Rose Trust in Portsmouth following their controversial excavation from the beach at Holme, near Hunstanton, in 1999, are due to return to Lynn after Christmas, ready for mounting in a specially-designed display.

But extra features are now under discussion following news of the £65,000 grant, part of a national £4m payout for museum improvements by the...

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