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Formby Footprints

Formby Point, Merseyside

Prehistoric people, deer and wild cattle walk across the beach.

As the sea erodes the beach at Formby, it exposes old mud layers holding footprints. Men, women and children left them thousands of years ago, alongside red deer, wild cattle called aurochs, and cranes.

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When
c. 7,000–3,500 years ago
Where
53.5600, -3.1000
Group
Bigfoot & Hominids

Visiting

National Trust Formby. Prints appear after storms.

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