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Multi-periodSite Name: Hague-Dick Alternative Name: Hague DikeCountry: France Département: Normandie:Manche (50) Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Cherbourg Nearest Village: Beaumont-Hague
Latitude: 49.670847N Longitude: 1.846583W
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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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.
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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