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[ickleslaine]

Hiya.. am new..  
Was wondering if anyone has researched the history of Wandlebury iron age hill fort and its now overgrown chalk figures. Wandlebury is about a mile from Cambridge (UK), and sits on a ley line. I have heard a couple of legends about the hill fort, and heard that theres links to the Boudica and the Iceni.

The land is currently preserved, wood lands are kept and visitors are welcome to walk around the area. The chalk figures have been allowed to grow over, so that they werent destroyed.

Does anyone know of any battles or significant events that happened at the hill fort?

Thanks!  

[Shropshire Traveller]

Hello there!

I have never been to Cambridgeshire, and know little about the area. A quick dig around online has led me to the following entries,

Cheers

Tim

The Portal has a brief entry here
http://www.megalithi...le.php?sid=4545

In-depth material here
http://www.cpswandle...o.uk/page3.html

Cambridge Archaeology Dept
http://www.arch.cam....wandlebury.html



http://www.pastscape.org has this description of it

Scheduled Monument


TL 45 SE 2

A large Late Iron Age univallate and later bivallate hillfort, overlying earlier settlement. Partially levelled in the early 18th century to form the gardens of a mansion built on the site (see separate records). Scheduled as an Early Iron Age univallate hillfort altered into a multivallate hillfort in the later Iron Age.

Iron Age Cemetery  

Iron Age Ditch  

Iron Age Findspot  

Iron Age Multivallate Hillfort  

Iron Age Post Hole  

Iron Age Storage Pit  

Iron Age Structure  

Early Iron Age Pit  

Early Iron Age Unenclosed Settlement  

Early Iron Age Univallate Hillfort  

Medieval Pit  1066 - 1540

Uncertain Findspot  

Uncertain Human Remain

[fitz]

For info on the chalk figures and the surrounding area you should check out "Gogmagog, The Buried Gods" by T.C. Lethbridge. He excavated the figures, it's a crackin' read.