<< Text Pages >> Happisburgh - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Norfolk
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Multi-periodSite Name: HappisburghCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.716 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Norfolk Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Village: Happisburgh
Map Ref: TG379315
Latitude: 52.828470N Longitude: 1.529984E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Flint implements and butchered bones have been found along Happisburgh Beach. Some of the finds are the oldest evidence of Hominids in the UK going back 700,000 years. (now being reported as "either 840,000 or 950,000 years ago")
More at the British Museum
Note: Date of Happisburgh finds put back to "either 840,000 or 950,000 years ago"
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