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West Runton Elephant
The West Runton Elephant (or Mammoth as it is more correctly known) is a fossilized skeleton of a steppe mammoth (''Mammuthus trogontherii'') found in the cliffs of West Runton in the county of Norfolk, England in 1990.〔() Norfolk Museum announcement of the find and brief Description〕 The find is the largest nearly complete mammoth skeleton known, and is the oldest found in the United Kingdom.〔(Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service – 'West Runton Mammoth' page 4 )〕
==The unearthing==
After a very stormy night on 13 December 1990, local residents Harold and Margaret Hems〔BBC documentary Coast , programme maker Jessica Holm, Interview with Harold and Margaret Hems, who found the first fossil bones〕〔See: http://www.rps.org/news/detail/society_news/harold_hems_frps_1921-2012)〕 were walking along West Runton beach. They found that a large bone had been partially exposed at the base of the cliffs by the actions of the previous night's storm. The couple contacted Norfolk Museums Service, who soon identified the object as a pelvic bone of a large steppe mammoth. After another storm just over a year later, a local fossil hunter, Rob Sinclair, discovered more huge bones and it soon became obvious that the site was of major importance. In January 1992 the Norfolk Archaeological Unit undertook an exploratory excavation at the site. As a result of this a second major three-month excavation followed in 1995.〔(Norfolk Museums & Archaeology Service – 'West Runton Elephant' page 1 )〕
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