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Bacton.

Situated above the sea cliffs that are rich in fossils. Now natural gas is piped in from the sea to the Bacton Gas Terminal.


Bacton Priory with gun enplacements


A few remnants of Bromholme Priory remain, once a pilgrimage centre in the Middle Ages as the priory claimed to have a piece of the true Cross. The priory owned Bacton Wood in the Middle Ages.


Bacton Gatehouse

Bacton Mill.
Built about 1780. The machinery is intact as is the working waterwheel and attached Miller’s House. Sir William Cubitt, inventor, was born here.

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