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Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Stonea CampCountry: England County: Cambridgeshire Type: Hillfort
Nearest Town: March Nearest Village: Stonea
Map Ref: TL448930 Landranger Map Number: 142
Latitude: 52.515655N Longitude: 0.132472E
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4 | Short walk on a footpath |
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Tacitus describes the earthwork as having an entrance too narrow for cavalry. The defending Britons were trapped by their own banks and slaughtered. The skull of a four year old child was found and was badly hacked by sword cuts. Also excavated was a horribly mutilated adult skeleton.
Approached today from the B1093 along a straight, narrow farm track where a peaceful pastoral oasis is found amid the endles cabbages and cauliflowers of the fertile black fens.
See in the comments below for a video showing the skull split with a sword, found at the site.
Page originally by Vicky.
Note: Stonea Camp/From the Neolithic to the Iron Age: The Creation of a Hill Fort Event at Stonea Camp, 10th September 2023
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