Transcription of Prehistoric - Assets
{{id}} {{{paragraph}}}
Example: biology
Prehistoric - Assets
PrehistoricThe only street-name in Cambridge that has connections withprehistoric times is ARBURY Road. The name is spelledHerburg, Ertburg, and similarly in thirteenth-century docu-ments, and means earthwork. It used to be thought that ArburyCamp, at the north end o fthe road, was a fort like the one atWandlebury or the War Ditches on LIME KILN Hill, south ofthe reservoir (now destroyed), but it is today regarded as anundefended site. A low circular bank and ditch about 100 metresin diameter, it was almost certainly an Iron Age enclosure forkeeping animals safe from wolves and robbers. (See AlisonTaylor, Prehistoric Cambridgeshire, 1977, and Sallie Purkis,Arbury Is Where We Live, EARO, The Resource Centre, BackHill, Ely, 1981.)RomanIn the latefirst century Catuvellaunian settlers createda village on the spur o fCASTLE hill.
prehistoric times is ARBURY Road. The name is spelled Herburg, Ertburg, and similarly in thirteenth-century docu-ments, and means earthwork. It used to be thought that Arbury Camp, at the north end ofthe road, was a fort like the one at Wandlebury or the War Ditches on LIME KILN Hill, south of
Loading..
Tags:
Information
Domain:
Source:
Link to this page:
Please notify us if you found a problem with this document:
Related search queries
Chapter 5 Prehistoric, Chapter 5: Prehistoric, Prehistoric, Ancient Music, Birth in prehistory, Guide to WA State Archaeology, Brief History of Cave Paintings, Prehistoric Indians of Arkansas, Prehistoric Astronomy, PREHISTORIC MEDICINAL PLANT USAGE: A, Prehistoric medicinal plant usage, Prehistoric Florida, Fossils and Phosphate