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Submitted by Andy B on Thursday, 25 March 2004 Page Views: 11544

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Wardy Hill
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 3.976 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Cambridgeshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: Ely Nearest Village: Wardy Hill
Map Ref: TL478820 Landranger Map Number: 143
Latitude: 52.416032N Longitude: 0.171778E
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3	Reasonable but with some damage
2	Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1	Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
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-1	Completely destroyed

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3 Access:

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
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**Wardy Hill** submitted by Andy B : I called in on Wardy Hill on my way back from Grime's Graves. Really nothing to see in the field, but good to experience the landscape, and a wonderful sunset. (Vote or comment on this photo)

An irregular enclosure surrounded by two ditches and numerous adjoining enclosures. A spread bank can be seen between these two enclosures. Traces of a possible hut circle are within the inner enclosure. Pretty much impossible to make out on the ground.

The ringwork on Wardy Hill was excavated during the autumn of 1991. The site would have commanded the northern approach into The Cove, a large marsh embayment on the N side of the Isle of Ely. The landward defences - triple rampart entrance ditches - are without parallel in the region. Six round buildings were excavated within the interior.

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