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Wicken Fen
Date Added: 22nd May 2016
Site Type: Natural Stone / Erratic / Other Natural Feature
Country: England (Cambridgeshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Wicken Fen submitted by Andy B on 15th Jan 2005. 4200 year old bog oak found in Adventurer's Fen in 1991. On display at Wicken Fen.
Bog oak is important in archaeology as it confirms that tree ring widths have remained constant over time, so assisting with the calibration of dendrochronology dating.
Ref: Forestry Commission Estimating the Age of Large and Veteren Trees in Britain.
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Swinside
Date Added: 17th Oct 2017
Site Type: Stone Circle
Country: England (Cumbria)
Visited: Would like to visit
Swinside submitted by Energyman on 23rd Sep 2017. Sunset on the 15th Sep '17
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Stonea Camp
Date Added: 22nd May 2016
Site Type: Hillfort
Country: England (Cambridgeshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Stonea Camp submitted by Creative Commons on 19th May 2013. Stoney Camp bank and ditch
Excavations by the British Museum in 1980 on a well-preserved section of bank suggest that the Romans deliberately destroyed some of the defences at Stonea. After that the earthworks survived untouched for nearly 2000 years.
Copyright Bob Jones and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence
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Bartlow Hills
Date Added: 22nd May 2016
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Cambridgeshire)
Visited: Would like to visit
Bartlow Hills submitted by Thorgrim on 17th Jul 2003. This is the largest barrow in Britain and very few people know of it. This Romano-British site at Bartlow is on the Essex/Cambridgeshire border at TL 586453. Originally the largest group in Europe when there were seven enormous barrows here. Then the now disused railway came through and flattened four of them! The largest survivor is 45 feet high and the highest in Britain by far. The wooden staicase gives access to the top without causing erosion. You can then look down on the other ...
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