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| CHER Number: | 09875 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Fort at Four Lamps, Cambridge |
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Summary - not yet available
| Grid Reference: | TL 454 587 |
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| Parish: | Cambridge, Cambridgeshire |
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Monument Type(s):
- FORT (English Civil Wars - 1642 AD to 1651 AD)
Full description
1. In July 1643 woods belonging to Jesus College were cut down probably in connection with the construction of breastworks in Jesus Lane and a fort at the end of Jesus Lane at Four Lamps road intersection. At the end of the Civil War the fort was demolished, whilst other defences (possibly running through Jesus Green, Parker's Piece, Christ's Pieces and along Lensfield Road) were allowed to erode naturally.
<1> Osborne, M., 1990, Cromwellian Fortifications in Cambridgeshire, p. 23-5 (Bibliographic reference). SCB9943.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: Osborne, M.. 1990. Cromwellian Fortifications in Cambridgeshire. p. 23-5. |
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