Camps Castle is situated in the grounds of Castle Farm and can be accessed via the track-way that leads past All Saints Church. The site is a good example of a Norman motte and bailey castle which was enlarged in later years. By the Gogmagog Hills, S.E. of Cambridge, are to be found the moat […]
Cambridgeshire is noted as the site of Flag Fen in Fengate, one of the earliest-known Neolithic permanent settlements in the United Kingdom, compared in importance to Balbridie in Aberdeen, Scotland. A great quantity of archaeological finds from the Stone Age, the Bronze Age and the Iron Age were made in East Cambridgeshire. Most items were found in Isleham.
Cambridge Castle
Cambridge Castle lies in the grounds of Shire Hall on Castle Street, on what is the highest point in Cambridge. The strategic importance of this location overlooking the River Cam was recognised in pre-Roman times and successive Iron Age, Roman and Saxon settlements were established here. In 1068 William the Conqueror gave orders for a […]
Burwell Castle
Burwell Castle was begun in 1143 by King Stephen as part of a series of castles built to contain the rebellion of Geoffrey de Mandeville who had captured the Isle of Ely. Geoffrey was killed attacking Burwell Castle in 1144, rendering the castle unnecessary and it was left unfinished. The castle was excavated by T […]
Bourn Castle
An 11th century ringwork and bailey castle at Bourn Hall. The castle was built by Picot de Cambridge, the first Norman Sheriff of the shire. It is though to have burnt down in 1266 during a raid by Robert de Lisle. A few miles S. of Cambridge, where the Burne stream joins the Ouse, was […]
Wimpole Estate
House First built in 1643 and much altered by subsequent owners, Wimpole has developed into the largest country house in Cambridgeshire. Wimpole’s owners employed noted architects of their day to make alterations to the Hall: Lord Harley, 2nd Earl of Oxford employed James Gibbs; the Earls of Hardwicke during their period of ownership from 1740- […]