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Pakefield

Near Lowestoft, Suffolk

Flint tools that pushed back the date of the first Britons.

In 2005 scientists announced that flint tools found in the cliffs at Pakefield were around 700,000 years old. At the time, they were the earliest evidence of humans anywhere in northern Europe.

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When
c. 700,000 years ago
Where
52.4400, 1.7300
Group
Bigfoot & Hominids

Visiting

Pakefield beach is reached from the coast path south of Lowestoft.

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