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| CHER Number: | 06733 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | The Causeway |
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Summary - not yet available
Monument Type(s):
- BANK (EARTHWORK) (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
- ROAD (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Full description
R1, The Causeway lies between High Town and North Street. It consists of a low ridge or bank 530yds long, 25ft to35ft wide and up to 3ft high, parallel to the existing road of the same name. The NW length of 400yds is straight, orientated NW - SE, after which there is a sharp angle and it runs S for the last 130yds.Until 1817, when the common fields of the parish were enclosed, it appears to have been a road crossing a corner of these fields. On enclosure the present road was laid out alongside it. It probably originated as a headland within the common fields and became a road when North Street developed, perhaps in late Medieval times.
Sources and further reading
| R1 | Bibliographic reference: RCHM. 1972. An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the County of Cambridgeshire. Volume II. North-East Cambridgeshire. 47 |
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