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<< Our Photo Pages >> Wareham Walls - Misc. Earthwork in England in Dorset

Submitted by anonymous on Wednesday, 17 August 2005  Page Views: 11025

Multi-periodSite Name: Wareham Walls Alternative Name: The Walls
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 1.4 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Dorset Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Wareham
Map Ref: SY92218771
Latitude: 50.688987N  Longitude: 2.111641W
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
 4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
 4 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.
 5 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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TheCaptain visited on 18th Oct 2021 - their rating: Cond: 4 Amb: 3 Access: 5 A dull drizzly morning, so go for a look round Wareham, and walk all around the Saxon town walls, with the Saxon church of St. Martin-on-the-Walls on top by the northern entrance.

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Wareham Walls
Wareham Walls submitted by TimPrevett : Looking up to the outside of the West Wall of Wareham. As I child I walked along these walls to the nearby primary and secondary schools - the walls seemed even more imposing than they do now; and they still seem imposing. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Massive Saxon defensive earthworks surround the ancient town of Wareham.

Part of the great system of defences erected aganst future Danish attacks by King Alfred after the Battle of Edington in 878.
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Wareham Walls
Wareham Walls submitted by TimPrevett : Looking south on a central part of the West Wall. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wareham Walls
Wareham Walls submitted by TimPrevett : Looking north on West Wall - giving an good idea of the height of the earthworks here. (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Wareham Walls
Wareham Walls submitted by TimPrevett : Looking east along the easternmost part of the Anglo Saxon north wall; east wall runs at an approximate right angle to this (obviously...). (1 comment - Vote or comment on this photo)

Wareham Walls
Wareham Walls submitted by TimPrevett : Looking northwest across the north east corner of Wareham's Anglo Saxon walls. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wareham Walls
Wareham Walls submitted by TimPrevett : Looking north along the east Anglo Saxon wall; town centre to the left. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Wareham Walls
Wareham Walls submitted by TimPrevett : Looking south along a middle stretch of the east Anglo Saxon wall. Town centre to the right.

Wareham Walls
Wareham Walls submitted by TimPrevett : Looking to a part of the walls on the north west side known as the Cock Pit, where cock fighting used to take place. The lower part of the ditch here also becomes very water logged at times, making for a pond adjacent the path that curves around the health centre.

Wareham Walls
Wareham Walls submitted by TimPrevett : Giving an idea of the elevation on the N Walls; with the River Piddle in the foreground, the town was well defended indeed. Looking to the NW.

Wareham Walls
Wareham Walls submitted by TimPrevett : Wareham Saxon Walls looking east from the north west corner on the inside.

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