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Sunday, 8 January 2023

Holkham Fort: who knew?

Like many Norfolk birders, I frequently make a brief stop in the 'unofficial layby' on the A149 at Holkham: from here you can often see flocks of wild geese in the Winter and all three Egrets in the Summer.

After thirty years of doing this, I only just realised that the complex of ditches and mounds by Decoy Wood mark the site of an important Iron Age fort: built by the Iceni, no less! It may well be the location of their final defeat by the Romans in AD 47.

The Fort / Camp can be best seen from the Joe Jordan hide (when it's open!)





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