Happisburgh Low Lighthouse?

Happisburgh Low Lighthouse was lit on 1 Jan 1791 (along with the current lighthouse) but because of cliff erosion, was demolished in June 1883. Many locals have said the remains can still be seen. I have seen these bricks on the beach for years but I was not convinced. The location was correct but many houses have gone over the cliffs in the past 15 years, so could have been bricks from them washed along the beach. I do have a 1980 picture in a book of some brick foundations poking out of the cliff edge.
The day I took this video, some large chunks of bricks had been uncovered by the sand. Curved in nature, 1 1/2 meters thick and dressed on the inside curve, they match a profile for a 74 feet high lighthouse. Although no known pictures or drawings exist, I am quite convinced they are the lower bricks/foundations/celler of the demolished Happisburgh Low Lighthouse. The lantern removed was used on the then under construction lighthouse at Southwold.

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Very good!

[@oddsandwindsocks5905]

Looks like the old map shows the old lighthouse on land , but seeing the bricks on the beach makes me think it was built on the beach, but surely 100 year of erosion would of put the lighthouse further out . Please correct me .

[@hellooldchap]

It was on the land to begin with. What is left is just bits from the basement and foundations. They went over the cliff around 1981-1986. Most of the time it is under sand but often visible after a storm. I've not seen anything since October 2020 as sand has built up a fair bit. Have a check at
www.heritage.norfolk.gov.uk/record-details?MNF15435-Site-of-Happisburgh-Low-Lighthouse&Index=14548&RecordCount=56734&SessionID=aadf3988-69b4-4826-9797-faf74e26fd61

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@@hellooldchap thankyou

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@@hellooldchap just looked at the link, christ those pics are amazing to think that the bricks fell over all together and stayed together on the beach.