NHER 15120 (Monument record) - Cromer Harbour

1979.
Just east of pier at low water mark, low tide.
Double row of wooden post stumps seen, following coastline then turning 45 degrees east.
Said locally to be the old harbour.
'On 14 July 1582 Queen Elizabeth I granted letters patent to the people of Cromer to export 20,000 quarters of wheat, barley and malt for the upkeep and towards the building of the harbour at Cromer'.
Said to have been several times rebuilt before final destruction.
See (S1).
Site seen by and information from M. Warren (Cromer Museum)
E. Rose (NLA) 8 August 1979.

However see (S2), early 18th century (NRO Rye MS 17):
'They are attempting to make a small pier or harbour but tis feared will prove fruitless'.
E. Rose (NLA) 10 August 1979.

January 1996. Field Observation.
The same row of stumps, with attachments for diagonal bracing, noted at low water by S. Ashley (NAU).
E. Rose 8 January 1996.