"Happisburgh: A Coastal Village No. 1" 2017 Happisburgh (pronounced "Haze-bruh"), is a lovely coastal village on the north-east coast of Norfolk, England. This quiet seaside community is distinctive for its archaeological importance which was recently unveiled by its present predicament. Due to its geographical location unprotected from the North Sea, the rate of erosion is quite dramatic. In the 1950's, they constructed large concrete sea walls which have helped slow the onslaught of land removal but the village's fate will be forever at the mercy of the water. Yet due to this consistent erosion human footprints dating back 800,000 years ago were discovered in 2013. This is the earliest recoding of humans in all of Northern Europe. Visiting this lovely village each year I have enjoyed its sweeping coastal views and shifting landscape. During the winter, I have been humbled by the intensity of its gale force winds. Happisburgh has the only independen...
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