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<< Our Photo Pages >> Hague-Dick - Misc. Earthwork in France in Normandie:Manche (50)

Submitted by TheCaptain on Sunday, 19 December 2004  Page Views: 7148

Multi-periodSite Name: Hague-Dick Alternative Name: Hague Dike
Country: France Département: Normandie:Manche (50) Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Cherbourg  Nearest Village: Beaumont-Hague
Latitude: 49.670847N  Longitude: 1.846583W
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
3 Ambience:
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3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
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2 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
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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 26th Apr 2005 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 2 Access: 5 Cap de la Hague several square miles at the northwestern tip of the Cherbourg peninsula was once defended from the rest of the world by a 2 mile long ditch and bank which connected between two deep valleys to defend the whole area. Much of this dyke has now been destroyed but a good section remains to the northwest of the village of Beaumont Hague where it can be clearly seen as the roads to Digulleville cut through it. The bank is generally about 4 metres in height but in places it must be nearer 10 metres tall with small ditches on the landward side. Excavations have shown that the bank was first built in the bronze age but much added to and increased during the time of the Viking occupation in the ninth century.

Hague-Dick
Hague-Dick submitted by TheCaptain : Several square miles at the northwestern tip of the Cherbourg peninsula, was once defended from the rest of the world by a 2 mile long ditch and bank, which connected between two deep valleys to defend the whole area. Much of this dyke has now been destroyed, but a good section remains to the northwest of the village of Beaumont Hague, where it can be clearly seen as the roads to Digulleville ... (Vote or comment on this photo)
Cap de la Hague, several square miles at the northwestern tip of the Cherbourg peninsula, was once defended from the rest of the world by Hague Dick, a 2 mile long ditch and bank, which connected between two deep valleys to the north and southwest coasts to defend the whole area.

Much of this dyke has now been destroyed, but a good section remains to the northwest of the village of Beaumont Hague, where it can be clearly seen as the roads to Digulleville cut through it. The bank is generally about 4 metres in height, but in places it must be nearer 10 metres tall, with small ditches on the landward side. Excavations have shown that the bank was first built in the bronze age, but much added to and increased during the time of the Viking occupation in the ninth century.

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Hague-Dick submitted by TheCaptain : Hague-Dick, Cap de la Hague, Normandy. The English bit on the informative noticeboard where onne of the Beaumont Hague to Digulleville roads cuts through it. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Hague-Dick
Hague-Dick submitted by TheCaptain : Several square miles at the northwestern tip of the Cherbourg peninsula, was once defended from the rest of the world by a 2 mile long ditch and bank, which connected between two deep valleys to defend the whole area. Much of this dyke has now been destroyed, but a good section remains to the northwest of the village of Beaumont Hague, where it can be clearly seen as the roads to Digulleville ... (Vote or comment on this photo)

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Re: Hague-Dick by TheCaptain on Friday, 29 April 2005
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Hague Dick, Beaumont Hague, Manche, N 49., W 01.
Visited Tuesday, 26 April 2005. Access 5, Condition 3, Ambience 2.

Cap de la Hague, several square miles at the northwestern tip of the Cherbourg peninsula, was once defended from the rest of the world by a 2 mile long ditch and bank, which connected between two deep valleys to the north and southwest coasts to defend the whole area.

Much of this dyke has now been destroyed, but a good section remains to the northwest of the village of Beaumont Hague, where it can be clearly seen as the roads to Digulleville cut through it. The bank is generally about 4 metres in height, but in places it must be nearer 10 metres tall, with small ditches on the landward side. Excavations have shown that the bank was first built in the bronze age, but much added to and increased during the time of the Viking occupation in the ninth century.
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