Horsey Hill Fort
Horsey Hill Fort is an archaeological site in Peterborough, England. Horsey Hill Fort is situated nearby to the recreation area Heritage Park, as well as near the suburb Stanground.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Milestone Society, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: fort in City of Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England, UK
- Also known as: “Horsey Hill Civil War Fort” and “Horsey Hill Fort: a Civil War fieldwork”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Must Farm and St Michael & All Angels.
Must Farm
Archaeological site
Photo: Dr. Colleen Morgan, CC BY 2.0.
Must Farm is a Bronze Age archaeological site consisting of five houses raised on stilts above a river built around 950 BC in Cambridgeshire, England. The settlement is exceptionally well preserved because of its sudden destruction by catastrophic fire and subsequent collapse onto oxygen-depleted river silts. Must Farm is situated 1¼ miles northeast of Horsey Hill Fort.
St Michael & All Angels
Church
Photo: Jonathan Thacker, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Michael & All Angels is a church, which is situated 1 mile west of Horsey Hill Fort.
Stanground Academy
School
Stanground Academy is a co-educational academy school and specialist college for sport, in the city of Peterborough in the United Kingdom. As of 20 October 2023, the academy has a capacity of around 1,430 students, with more people joining. Stanground Academy is situated 1¼ miles west of Horsey Hill Fort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Stanground and Old Fletton Urban District.
Stanground
Suburb
Photo: Julian Dowse, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Stanground is a residential area of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. For electoral purposes, it comprises the Stanground South and Fletton & Stanground wards in the North West Cambridgeshire constituency.
Old Fletton Urban District
Suburb
Old Fletton was an urban district in the county of Huntingdonshire and then Huntingdon and Peterborough. The urban district was abolished in 1974 under the Local Government Act 1972, and now forms part of the city of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. Old Fletton Urban District is situated 2 miles west of Horsey Hill Fort.
Eastgate
Suburb
Eastgate is a suburb of Peterborough, in the ceremonial county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies immediately to the east of Peterborough Cathedral and west of Fengate. Eastgate is situated 2½ miles northwest of Horsey Hill Fort.
Horsey Hill Fort
- Categories: fort, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Peterborough, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
52.54798° or 52° 32′ 53″ northLongitude
-0.19766° or 0° 11′ 52″ westOpen location code
9C4XGRX2+5WOpenStreetMap ID
way 333578545OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q17677362
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