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Geologic Formation Attractions In Cambridgeshire

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Cambridgeshire , is a county in the East of England, bordering Lincolnshire to the north, Norfolk to the north-east, Suffolk to the east, Essex and Hertfordshire to the south, and Bedfordshire and Northamptonshire to the west. The city of Cambridge is the county town. Modern Cambridgeshire was formed in 1974 as an amalgamation of the counties of Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and Peterborough, the former covering the historic county of Cambridgeshire and the latter covering the historic county of Huntingdonshire and the Soke of Peterborough, historically part of Northamptonshire. It contains most of the region known as Silicon Fen. Local...
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Geologic Formation Attractions In Cambridgeshire

  • 1. Bartlow Hills Bartlow
    Bartlow Hills is a Roman tumuli cemetery in Bartlow . Four of original seven barrows remain, but only the largest three are accessible to the public; the northernmost and smallest is on private property and not easily visible. The remnants of two more are visible as low mounds west of the three largest barrows. The tallest is 15 metres high, and the largest barrow north of the Alps.Excavations were undertaken in the 19th century , discovering remains of large wooden chests, decorated vessels in bronze, glass and pottery and an iron folding chair . A small Roman villa, occupied until the late 4th century, was situated north of the mounds and was excavated in 1852. The site saw no further work until a geophysical survey in 2006 and further excavations in 2007. During this work, it was not po...
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