Boardwalk - Rampton Castle - Rampton, Cambridgeshire - Non-Coastal Boardwalks on Waymarking.com

A boardwalk at Rampton Castle (Giant's Hill), Rampton. It crosses boggy ground and a section of ancient moat leading to the castle site.

"The castle is linked to the ‘Anarchy’, a period of civil war and unrest during the reign of King Stephen and Queen Matilda. In 1143, during the height of the Anarchy, Baron Geoffrey De Mandeville seized the Isle Of Ely in opposition to King Stephen, ransacked the area, burning Cambridge and capturing and fortifying Ramsey Abbey. In response, King Stephen ordered the construction of a series of castles along the fen edge, at Rampton, Burwell, Caxton, Swavesey and Wood Waiton. The peasants of Rampton were instructed to help build the castle and were forced to pull down their own houses to make room for it!

In August 1144 Geoffrey De Mandeville attacked the castle at Burwell while it was still under construction and was mortally wounded by an arrow, dying soon after. With Geoffrey’s death the castles were no longer required and Giants Hill was left frozen in time.

Moat (east) - Standing at the end of the bridge you can see the castle mound of Giant’s Hill. The moat is fed by a series of springs."

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Approximate boardwalk length (feet): 60 What is the boardwalk over?: Moat and boggy ground Boardwalk material: wood

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