Our little walking group got started again yesterday. Karen planned the first one and took a route out into the fens from Wimblington.
It was pretty standard fen country very flat, but the highlight was an Iron Age fort called Stonea Camp, which I had no idea was there.
It was built in about 500BC when all the land around would have been marsh and Stonea (like Thorney and Ely and lots of other places ending in ee - ea or ey - which is Viking for island) would have stood as dry land being very marginally higher. It's actually a shingle bank and about 2m above the surrounding land.
It's a large D-shaped enclosure with ditch and bank and would have been quite an undertaking to construct. It was occupied later by the Iceni and a battle was fought there in AD57 when it was taken by the Romans and everyone slaughtered. Digs have found skeletons of people (including children) with damage to bones where they've been hacked with swords. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonea_Camp
We didn't have long there as we'd set off quite late and it was getting dark. I'd quite like to go back and have a good look around. Perhaps a walk for Christmas or new year?
Besides Karen, there were the Coakleys, Crosslands and Harveys so eight of us and two dogs - Gravel and Holly. We could be as many as 15 if we all turned up.
Margaret didn't go on Sunday as she has been suffering from a sore heel and Achilles tendon and couldn't have made the course. She got some health advice later in the evening. We all had supper at the Coakleys and Karen brought her a book about pressure points. Apparently Karen had suffered a similar ailment and had cured it through massage of pain spots. I think it might be worth a try.
Really warm weekend. It was 15.5 deg C on Sunday, warm, little wind and not a cloud in the sky.
Next walk is in two weeks and is being led by David and Anne. I guess it will be in Rutland. Hope Margaret might be able to make that, although not hopeful.
Here's a picture of the site
It was pretty standard fen country very flat, but the highlight was an Iron Age fort called Stonea Camp, which I had no idea was there.
It was built in about 500BC when all the land around would have been marsh and Stonea (like Thorney and Ely and lots of other places ending in ee - ea or ey - which is Viking for island) would have stood as dry land being very marginally higher. It's actually a shingle bank and about 2m above the surrounding land.
It's a large D-shaped enclosure with ditch and bank and would have been quite an undertaking to construct. It was occupied later by the Iceni and a battle was fought there in AD57 when it was taken by the Romans and everyone slaughtered. Digs have found skeletons of people (including children) with damage to bones where they've been hacked with swords. See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonea_Camp
We didn't have long there as we'd set off quite late and it was getting dark. I'd quite like to go back and have a good look around. Perhaps a walk for Christmas or new year?
Besides Karen, there were the Coakleys, Crosslands and Harveys so eight of us and two dogs - Gravel and Holly. We could be as many as 15 if we all turned up.
Margaret didn't go on Sunday as she has been suffering from a sore heel and Achilles tendon and couldn't have made the course. She got some health advice later in the evening. We all had supper at the Coakleys and Karen brought her a book about pressure points. Apparently Karen had suffered a similar ailment and had cured it through massage of pain spots. I think it might be worth a try.
Really warm weekend. It was 15.5 deg C on Sunday, warm, little wind and not a cloud in the sky.
Next walk is in two weeks and is being led by David and Anne. I guess it will be in Rutland. Hope Margaret might be able to make that, although not hopeful.
Here's a picture of the site
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