Coastal Erosion_Happisburgh_Norfolk_England_March 2023 Happisburgh became a site of national archaeological importance in 2010 when flint tools over 8
Coastal Erosion_Happisburgh_Norfolk_England_March 2023 Happisburgh became a site of national archaeological importance in 2010 when flint tools over 800,000 years old were unearthed. This is the oldest evidence of human occupation anywhere in the UK.[5] In May 2013, a series of early human footprints were discovered on the beach at the site, providing direct evidence of early human activity at the site.[6] Land in the area has been lost to the sea for thousands of years. The civil parish shrank by over km2 (50 acres) in the 20th century by the erosion of its beaches and low cliffs. The rate of erosion is the same as it has been for the past 5,000 years.[7] In 1968, groynes were constructed along the shore to try to slow the erosion.
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