Deep History Coast

Official account of Norfolk's Deep History Coast, a 22-mile stretch of fossil-rich coastline from Weybourne to Happisburgh. #ExplorersWelcome.

[Deep History Coast @NN_DeepHistory]

Explore the Deep History Coast.

Download our app and look out for our Discovery Points along the way. There are eleven for you to discover! Make sure to activate your app at the Points, you'll never know what you might find!
#ExplorersWelcome

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[Dr Alastair Curry @DrAlastairCurry]

Introducing Jemima ⁦@HertsGEP⁩. She’s from #Cromer and is showing us where her ancestors came from #WestRunton #Quaternary

[ITV News Anglia @itvanglia]

The fossil hunters went to the beach at West Runton in North Norfolk after recent storms.
https://t.co/O2l9hzSD4u

[BBC Norfolk @BBCNorfolk]

Fossil hunters find 'prehistoric' elephant bones https://t.co/NhRdVwspbZ

[Deep History Coast @NN_DeepHistory]

#OnThisDay in 2014, the earliest human footprints in the whole of Europe were announced. The fossil footprints found in #Happisburgh on the #DeepHistoryCoast are believed to have been made around 900,000 years ago.

https://t.co/YdBvaKbRuQ

[Visit Norfolk @visitnorfolk]

Dive into Norfolk's deep history along the coast! From ancient ruins to maritime tales, and unravel the mysteries of Norfolk's captivating past ⚓️🏰

https://t.co/yIwOtsjtQQ

[Deep History Coast @NN_DeepHistory]

@sptacademy Good work Mrs Finley’s Year 8 Geography class!

[Dr David M.G. Waterhouse @DrDWaterhouse]

Not a bad #fossil hoard from our walk from #Cromer to West Runton, North #Norfolk yesterday. Some belemnites (𝘤. 80 million years old) and a small piece of wood and partial red deer antler beam from the Cromer Forest-bed Formation (𝘤. 500,000 to a million years old).

[Richard Osgood @richardhosgood]

#inktober2023 11) Wander. The astonishing Happisburgh footprints . Made c900,000 years ago by a group of adults & (wonderfully) children walking along mudflats on what is now Norfolk. These ephemeral traces of humans are the earliest footprints outside Africa. Mind blowing.

[Dr David M.G. Waterhouse @DrDWaterhouse]

It's a bit strange standing next to my own drawings of #mammoths blown-up to full scale (perhaps I should have signed them?)!
They're at #Sheringham, on #Norfolk's #DeepHistoryCoast.🦣

[Dodo and Dinosaur @DodoDinosaurUK]

We’re very excited to be sharing our new #ExtraordinaryExtinct fossil guide and monstrous minibeasts activities @NorthNorfolkVC on Sat 28th Oct. With special guest and #DeepHistoryCoast expert, @DrDWaterhouse, plus a creepy crawly goody bag to take home! 🦑https://t.co/x8kkiGMA9K

[Visit Norfolk @visitnorfolk]

Set in Norfolk’s ANOB, North Norfolk is renowned for its spectacular coastline and wildlife, miles of glorious beaches, Deep History Coast, seaside communities & a beautiful hinterland of rolling countryside and picturesque market towns and villages.

https://t.co/5bJbWsFeTa

[Dr David M.G. Waterhouse @DrDWaterhouse]

Don't forget to tune in to watch 'Norfolk & Suffolk: country & coast' on @channel5_tv, Weds 20th Sept 2023, 8pm.
"On West Runton Beach, palaeontologist Dr David Waterhouse unearths fossils dating back millions of years."
#Fossils #WestRunton #Norfolk #Suffolk #coast #country #TV

[Dr Alastair Curry @DrAlastairCurry]

Amazing feeling to walk on the beach at #Happisburgh where humans first walked over 850,000 years ago - oldest human footprints outside Africa were found here #Footprints #Quaternary ⁦@NN_DeepHistory⁩ ⁦@NHM_London⁩

[Deep History Coast @NN_DeepHistory]

Well done to #WestRunton on winning #BattleOfTheBeaches23 and to #Sheringham for making the final.

We are so proud of of our #DeepHistoryCoast beaches! 👏👏👏🦣

[North Norfolk District Council @NorthNorfolkDC]

#BattleOfTheBeaches23: Huge congratulations to our 2023 winners... WEST RUNTON!!

Last year's runners-up go one better, winning a nail-biting final against Sheringham by 786 votes to 729.

Commiserations to Sheringham who has also had fantastic support throughout the competition.

[Dr David M.G. Waterhouse @DrDWaterhouse]

Just spotted the book I wrote with Dr John Davies in @JarroldNorwich this afternoon.
#book #BooksWorthReading #Norfolk #coast #DeepHistoryCoast
@JarroldBooks @TheHistoryPress @THP_Local

[Deep History Coast @NN_DeepHistory]

We couldn't agree with you more @SteveMillerNMS!

[Steve Miller @SteveMillerNMS]

North Norfolk really is so beautiful 🤩
#NorthNorfolk #DeepHistoryCoast @visitnorfolk

[Deep History Coast @NN_DeepHistory]

@england_coast Hi @england_coast! Thank you for giving us a mention but we just wanted to clarify that the mammoth found in North Norfolk was a 'steppe mammoth' and not a 'woolly mammoth'. Steppe mammoths came much earlier and were ancestors to the woolly mammoth. 🦣 #DeepHistoryCoast

[Deep History Coast @NN_DeepHistory]

What a fabulous find at #WestRunton on the #DeepHistoryCoast!

[Deep History Coast @NN_DeepHistory]

@RichardJSmith1 What a fantastic find Richard! Which beach did you find this on?

[Deep History Coast @NN_DeepHistory]

How excited are we? This year's #BattleOfTheBeaches23 Final will be contested by two #DeepHistoryCoast beaches. Vote for your favourite...

[North Norfolk District Council @NorthNorfolkDC]

#BattleOfTheBeaches23: The big one! You’ve voted them this far; now West Runton & Sheringham play to be your favourite beach. Just a couple of miles and Beeston Hill between them, this is 'The Battle Of The Bump'

FINAL: West Runton vs Sheringham