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Bartlow Hills Round Barrow(s) |
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Belsar's Hill Hillfort |
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Flag Fen Ancient Village / Settlement / Misc. Earthwork |
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Goffer's Knoll Round Barrow(s) |
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Grinnel Hill Round Barrow(s) |
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Haddenham Barrows Barrow Cemetery |
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Howe Hill Round Barrow(s) |
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Little Trees Hill Enclosure |
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Monk's Holes Round Barrow(s) (Destroyed) |
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Mutlow Hill Round Barrow(s) |
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Peakirk Moor Ringwork Enclosure |
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Peterborough Stone Standing Stone / Menhir |
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Small Fen Barrow Cemetery |
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Stonea Camp Hillfort |
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2 sites Wandlebury Hillfort |
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Robin Hood and Little John Standing Stones |
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Bronze Age Must Farm Site near Peteborough - Site Update Nice update and article with some cracking photos of some of the finds http://www.pasthorizonspr.com/index.php/archives/04/2012/must-farm-bronze-age-site-the-finds |
Posted by mascot5th April 2012ce |
Peterborough's Bronze Age past has been revealed in digHoards of Bronze Age weapons, pots still full of food and elaborate textiles have all been uncovered at an archaeological dig near Peterborough. The unusually well-preserved finds are due to a fierce fire in 500BC, which caused the artefacts to sink rapidly into the peaty fen waters... continues... |
Posted by moss12th November 2010ce |
Cambridgeshire Quarry throws up 4,500-year-old findA remarkable piece of Neolithic rock art, unlike anything previously found in Eastern England, has been unearthed in the Cambridgeshire village of Over... continues... |
Posted by goffik16th July 2010ce |
Time Team's big findsThousands of years of history were uncovered when excavations started in a village near Stamford last week. Archaeologists spent three days carving trenches out of the landscape to uncover artefacts which dated the site at Northborough to 6,000 years ago ... continues... |
Posted by BrigantesNation 19th September 2004ce Edited 17th February 2006ce |
Neolithic remains found at bypass siteVital clues into how ancient Britons lived thousands of years ago have been unearthed on a bypass site. Among the items uncovered along the A142 between Newmarket and Fordham (Cambridgeshire, England) include skeletons from the Bronze Age and Iron Age, along with a body from Roman times... continues... |
Posted by Kozmik_Ken14th June 2004ce Edited 15th February 2006ce |
Cambridgeshire: Site reveals 6,000-year-old relicsPublished on 27 March 2004 RELICS dating back 6,000 years to the Neolithic age are being uncovered by archaeologists working on the site of the Fordham bypass... continues... |
Posted by Jane27th March 2004ce Edited 15th February 2006ce |
Archaeology of the Lower Ouse ValleyQuarry sites begin to give up secrets - Cat Bell, The Hunts Post http://www.huntspost.co.uk/man/news/ A major awareness campaign, aimed at highlighting the vast wealth of archaeology found in quarry workings in the Lower Ouse Valley is launched this week... continues... |
Posted by Rhiannon2nd March 2004ce Edited 15th February 2006ce |
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Belsar's Hill (Hillfort) — Fieldnotes |
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Stopped off at Belsar's Hill during the course of a long-delayed visit to the wondrous Stonea Camp... and duly discovered that it was round-about here that the equally wondrous Hereward The Wake gave William the Bastard's lot a bloody nose in 1071. Or rather a damn good soaking... OK, only 'yesterday' in terms of TMA, I know, but of fundamental importance in proving The Bastard wasn't exactly 'the people's choice' as he liked to pretend. Belsar's Hill lies due east(ish) of the Cambridgeshire village of Willingham - appropriately enough within Willingham Fen - and is reached by a rather unusual, single track 'causeway' road. A causeway across what is now dry ground. At least today. Parking is available at the gated entrance to a public access green track - the fabled Aldreth Causeway leading to The Isle of Ely, once a virtually impregnable fenland redoubt. Yeah, Hereward knew his stuff. How William must have cursed. An information noticeboard relates the history... and duly throws a great big oily spanner in the works by stating that the enclosure bisected by the track is private, out of bounds. You what? Why? However, despite copious barbed-wire, there are (currently) gaps.... and somehow I, er, inadvertently take the wrong turn, finding myself upon the circular bank of this.... well.... guess it depends on your point of view? Although nowhere near the 4m quoted from other sources, the defences are relatively upstanding - quite substantial, in fact - the morning mist - fog even - evoking an ethereal vibe. Perhaps the most striking aspect of the site is the sheer circumference... in my experience much too large to be of Norman origin, looking very much a typical Iron Age enclosure. But what better place for a Norman army besieging Ely to make its base camp, its home.... following some necessary improvements? Yeah, on balance I'm happy to go with the 'Iron Age adapted by Norman' hypothesis. It's not exactly unknown, is it? The sun gets to work upon the mist mantle and, suddenly, I'm basking beneath a pristine blue sky. In late March? Whatever next? The enclosure actually continues to the east of the green track, again out of bounds to the general public. However once again gaps in the fence afford access. The bank here is much more denuded - shame on them - but nevertheless remains, a couple of horses looking on in that trademark combination of curiosity/fear so typical of those wonderful creatures. I'm also far from happy with access to this legendary, lost site. The Normans got a severe kicking from the local resistance and.... I'd never heard of it. Strange that. One can only assume the ghosts of the original builders - assuming they were Iron Age - placed 'the mockers' upon the sour-faced barbarians for violating their former home. Right on! |
Posted by GLADMAN1st April 2012ce |
Stonea Camp (Hillfort) — Images (click to view fullsize) |
        
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Posted by GLADMAN 26th March 2012ce |
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