The Fenland Heritage Circuit Road Trip Guide 2026: Exploring Peterborough’s Medieval Secrets from Cambridge The Fenland Heritage Circuit is a 130-to-150-mile self-drive loop connecting Cambridge with Bronze Age timber platforms, a Norman cathedral of European standing, medieval wall paintings without parallel in northern Europe, and the riverside village where Mary […]
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Earthworks of the Fenland Marches: Concentric Defensive Engineering at Fotheringhay Castle and Longthorpe Tower near Peterborough
Earthworks of the Fenland Marches: Concentric Defensive Engineering at Fotheringhay Castle and Longthorpe Tower near Peterborough The Nene Valley corridor between Peterborough and Oundle preserves two medieval structures that together illuminate the full range of defensive engineering available to builders working in low-lying fenland terrain. Fotheringhay Castle, its stone long […]
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