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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: WandleburyCountry: England County: Cambridgeshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Cambridge Nearest Village: Stapleford
Map Ref: TL493534 Landranger Map Number: 154
Latitude: 52.158691N Longitude: 0.181157E
Condition:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
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Strengthened in the 1st century BC when an inner V-shaped ditch and rampart were added, the rampart was given a strong timber outer facing.
One of many shallow storage pits contained the burial of an infant whose legs had been removed from the body before the flesh had time to decay. It is possible that Wandlebury was strengthened in the 1st century BC by the Iceni to resist Belgic expansion from the Chilterns.
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