Civil War fort earthworks

Introduction

The photograph on this page of Civil War fort earthworks by Hugh Venables as part of the Geograph project.

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Civil War fort earthworks

Image: © Hugh Venables Taken: 29 Oct 2011

Now within the Ouse Washes but the Hundred Foot River was dug in 1651, just at the end of the Civil War. The Image did exist then and the fort defended bridges over that and the River Ouse.

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Image Location

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Latitude
52.356219
Longitude
0.041668