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Waulud's Bank
Trip No.1 Entry No.1 Date Added: 6th Mar 2012
Site Type: Henge
Country: England (Bedfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Jan 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Waulud's Bank submitted by bec-zog on 7th Jan 2004. Waulud's Bank
Neolithic Tl 062,247 Leagrave, Bedfordshire
Bank and external ditch around a 7 hectare D shaped enclosure
At the source of the river Lea.
Turf reveted chalk & gravel bank (from
ditch material). Ditch 9.2 m wide 2.1m deep.
Finds include; neolithic grooved ware & flint arrow heads.
Similar site to Durringtom Walls & Marden
Site re-used in iron age and during roman occupation
Ref: A Selkirk Archeology 3(1972-3) 173
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Log Text: This is almost opposite Leagrave Station so a really short walk, towered over by gargantuan housing in Luton. The combination of four thousand years of humanity makes a stunning contrast. This is also the source of the river Lea, or Lee, looking at the moment like a muddy puddle. My imagination has the ring, which might be a better word than ditch, filled with water again, puddled with white clay and a Midsummer Night's Dream being performed on the stage. Theseus and Hippolya, Phaedre and Hipplolytus, Shakespeare, Aeschylus, Euripedes is made for a place like this, and would put Luton onto the OlyUNpics (which is the cultural alternative to running 26 miles).
Therfield Heath Five Hills
Trip No.1 Entry No.2 Date Added: 6th Mar 2012
Site Type: Barrow Cemetery
Country: England (Hertfordshire)
Visited: Yes on 1st Feb 2012. My rating: Condition 3 Ambience 4 Access 4
Therfield Heath submitted by Thorgrim on 16th Sep 2003. There are ten Bronze Age round barrows at this prominent location - one of the best in eastern England. Surrounded by golfers which makes a site visit hazardous. Bunkers often mislead the barrow hunter but this group is unmistakeable.
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Log Text: A short walk from Royston Station, or, wonderful, the 90 bus which goes to Bygrave and Ashwell from Baldock and Letchworth. Use traveline to see bus route maps and timetables.
there is a pub at the bottom of the hill.
Pity about the bunkers.
The stunning thing is the view, then as the train pulls back to London, you see a pair of barrows forming a notch on the skyline. Pure navigation.