Burnt Fen

Burnt Fen

Burnt Fen refers to the area around the A1101 road between Littleport in Cambridgeshire and Mildenhall in Suffolk, England.

Shippea Hill railway station was at one time called Burnt Fen.

Burnt Fen is said to take its name from having been burnt by Hereward the Wake.

Archaeology

The area shows a remarkable amount of archaeological findings of the Mesolithic period.

External links

[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.asp?compid=21899#n27 British History online] The Isle of Ely

[http://www.cambridgeshire.gov.uk/NR/rdonlyres/C9A07009-A2C8-4776-B398-8D13D4E5DEA8/0/soe98archlgy.pdf Archaeology] of Cambridgeshire

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