Seahenge is now making a long overdue comeback: the timbers have been preserved by the Mary Rose Trust, in Portsmouth, and £1m lottery money has been secured for a project to house them at The Lynn Museum. They should be ready for display early in 2008.
Seahenge saga comes full circle
23 August 2007
The story of Seahenge has turned full circle, as the ancient timbers are returned to Norfolk. But as experts prepare them to go on display at King’s Lynn Museum, CHRIS BISHOP finds an enigma that remains unsolved.
Nearly 10 years after its controversial excavation, the mystery remains. While the upturned oak tree and its ring of timbers have taught us a few things we didn’t know about our ancestors, we still don’t know why they built it.Late in 1998, a long-forgotten landscape began re-emerging from beneath the sands of Holme Beach, near Hunstanton.Read entire article here: Eastern Daily Press on Seahenge, with video
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