Ambresbury Banks
Introduction
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Ambresbury Banks
Image: © Sean Davis Taken: 12 Jul 2005
Ambresbury Banks is an Iron Age encampment and now signposted as an ancient monument. This is where Boudicca, the Iceni warrior queen, is sometimes said to have made her last stand against the Romans in AD 61 - though never proved. In defeat she poisoned her two daughters and herself so as not to be captured. There is nothing left of the wooden fort, but the high banks on which it stood and the ditch around it are both still very visible. To walk around the ditch will take a while as it encloses and area 4.5 hectares. Some also suggests it may have been re-used by King Arthur in his fight against the Danes. This is on the route of the London Green Belt Way.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.682551
Longitude
0.077705