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Images
Middle bank, looking approx north. The inner can be seen to left, the outer curving around in the far distance.
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Outer bank.
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Outer north-eastern defences...
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The much less substantial defences of the south-western flank, once apparently protected by impassable deep marsh, now drained.
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The inner bank of main defences.... I do believe.
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The outer bank and ditch are pretty substantial...
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The outer defences to north-east(ish)
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Towards the central bank to north...
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Inner bank to east....
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Articles
Here’s a novelty: at just two metres above sea level, the lowest hillfort in Britain.
If you’re in the area, I recommend you go and take a look. You wont see massive earthworks, but you will find well-defined banks and ditches within the flat, Fenland landscape.
Drive along the B1093 between Wimblington and Manea and you’ll see a signpost pointing down a farm track, passing Stitches Farm, to Stonea Camp.
There are information boards to read scattered amongst the defences as you wonder if Boudicca walked on this site 2,000 years ago.
Sites within 20km of Stonea Camp
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Small Fen
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Haddenham Barrows
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