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<< Our Photo Pages >> Finsbury Park earthworks - Artificial Mound in England in Greater London

Submitted by Andy B on Sunday, 11 February 2024  Page Views: 4378

Date UncertainSite Name: Finsbury Park earthworks
Country: England County: Greater London Type: Artificial Mound
Nearest Town: London  Nearest Village: Finsbury Park
Map Ref: TQ3186087537
Latitude: 51.571291N  Longitude: 0.09875W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
2 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
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Finsbury Park earthworks
Finsbury Park earthworks submitted by Andy B : The long flat earthwork in Finsbury Park which has banks each side. You can see the little raised mound just to the right and behind the group. (Vote or comment on this photo)
We visited these earthworks earlier today with a few local members, Terry the original poster showed us where they are. I have added more photos and updated the location to make it more accurate. Various of us who visited are going to see what we can find in the archives about this area.

Terry (Therisa) Jones first wrote in 2014: Liam pointed us to one of his favourite spots in the park: a low rectangular earthwork. As we approached I immediately noticed a strip lynchet and on closer inspection saw others of similar dimension parallel to it. The lynchets seemed to extend down the hill, but there was no sign of them going up in the other direction. The impression was that the earthwork formed a boundary. This was confirmed by another wooden post belonging to Haringey Council that appeared to mark the limit of its authority.

Liam related that he is often drawn to sit on the boundary edge to meditate (without hitherto having known it was such).

The presence of the lynchets was highly suggestive that the earthwork predated the medieval period when the lynchets would have been laid; also, that although the local terrain had been wooded until the 17th century, the small area of the earthwork had not been wooded as early as the mediaeval period, to the extent that small-scale agriculture was possible.

"Even after all this we still weren’t quite prepared for the next and perhaps most crucial discovery: a few paces further on to the east, in the middle of yet another rectangular earthworked area, we found a small mound that looked uncannily like a Bronze Age cist. There was no obvious indicators of what it might otherwise be. It was also aligned east-west. We were immediately presented with the notion that the top of the hill at its eastern end was a burial ground of perhaps very great antiquity and still certainly in use today. Further exploration in woods nearby revealed some more small mounds suggestive of more burials.”
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Finsbury Park earthworks
Finsbury Park earthworks submitted by Andy B : Looking across long flat earthwork in Finsbury Park which has banks each side. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Finsbury Park earthworks
Finsbury Park earthworks submitted by Andy B : Looking along the long flat earthwork in Finsbury Park which has banks each side. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Finsbury Park earthworks
Finsbury Park earthworks submitted by dodomad : Photo Credit: Therisa Jones (Vote or comment on this photo)

Finsbury Park earthworks
Finsbury Park earthworks submitted by dodomad : The rise of this rather irregular shaped earthwork is around 4-5 feet but because of the gradient it is difficult to see. Photo Credit: Therisa Jones (Vote or comment on this photo)

Finsbury Park earthworks
Finsbury Park earthworks submitted by dodomad : This is very difficult to see but I have tried to get the best shots possible Photo Credit: Therisa Jones

Finsbury Park earthworks
Finsbury Park earthworks submitted by dodomad : In this pic you can see a shallow ditch running between the trees with the mound in the distance Photo Credit: Theresa Jones

Finsbury Park earthworks
Finsbury Park earthworks submitted by dodomad : In this pic you can clearly see the edge of the platform Photo credit: Therisa Jones

Finsbury Park earthworks
Finsbury Park earthworks submitted by dodomad : You can see the rise of the earthwork and what looks like a burial mound to the left from below, and you can see the gradient Photo credit: Therisa Jones

Finsbury Park earthworks
Finsbury Park earthworks submitted by dodomad : In this pic you can see the edge of the earthwork with trees planted along the edge Photo credit: Therisa Jones

Finsbury Park earthworks
Finsbury Park earthworks submitted by dodomad : Two definite earthworks - the front one is possibly part of a strip lynchett and the rear one could be a barrow? Photo credit: Therisa Jones

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Tree sprites of Finsbury Park artwork installation by Andy B on Sunday, 11 February 2024
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Not directly related to the earthwork but we found one of these artworks nearby: A site specific, sonic augmented reality encounter with a digital tree sprite that tells tales of the tree’s past, present and future.
The trees of Finsbury Park are very old, and they have been witness to a lot of change and growth. If the trees had a voice, what would they share?

The project activates a digital tree sprite which shares a fable crafted through local research, site visits and discussion with Ricard Zanoli, the Park Ranger.
Try it at peoplesparkplinth.org/webapp/2022/based-on-a-tree-story/ and more details at http://www.furtherfield.org/based-on-a-tree-story-the-parks-pick-for-summer-2022/
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Finsbury Park earthworks Street View by Andy B on Sunday, 11 February 2024
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