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| CHER Number: | 09877 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | 'Mount Ararat' Fort, Chesterton |
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Summary - not yet available
| Grid Reference: | TL 471 601 |
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| Parish: | East Chesterton, Cambridge City |
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Monument Type(s):
- FORT (English Civil Wars - 1642 AD to 1651 AD)
Full description
1. A Cromwellian fortification, earthwork known as Mount Ararat, was investigated by RCHM in the 1950s. The monument is described as a raised enclosure in the shape of an irregular rhomboid, covering approx 1 acre. It is much disturbed with an gravel pit on the north.
2. The plan suggests that it was a flanked redoubt, sited to control access along the River Cam. Now (1990) destroyed.
<1> RCHM, 1959, An Inventory of the Historic Monuments in the City of Cambridge. Volume II, 391 (Bibliographic reference). SCB12532.
<2> Osborne, M., 1990, Cromwellian Fortifications in Cambridgeshire, p. 25 (Bibliographic reference). SCB9943.
Sources and further reading
| <1> | Bibliographic reference: RCHM. 1959. An Inventory of the Historic Monuments in the City of Cambridge. Volume II. 391. |
| <2> | Bibliographic reference: Osborne, M.. 1990. Cromwellian Fortifications in Cambridgeshire. p. 25. |
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| 01778 | Related to: Cambridge Castle (Monument) |
| MCB17288 | Related to: English Civil War Defence Line, Cambridge (Monument) |
| 09875 | Related to: Fort at Four Lamps, Cambridge (Monument) |
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