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Holme-Next-the-Sea in Norfolk is an expansive sandy beach and also the site of Bronze Age timber rings, the most famous found in the late 1990s and named 'Sea Henge' by the media. An earlier one was found nearby in the late 1970s, and one only a hundred metres away in the 2000s. 'Sea Henge' had a central focus of an upturned oak with its roots creating a possible 'altar' or place for laying out of the deceased. The later ring may have been the base of a burial mound. Possibly a regional centre for funeral rites at the end of Peddar's Way, similar to Stone Henge in Wiltshire, where the sun sets spectacularly over the sea. Sadly, none of the timbers from the rings can be seen on the beach, 'Sea Henge' was relocated to a museum in King's Lynn and the later ring was allowed to be eroded by the sea. It is still possible to see the Bronze Age peat beds being exposed by the sea and the remains of preserved ancient trees.
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