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Ramsey Heights

Ramsey Heights

Human settlement in England

Ramsey Heights is a village in Ramsey civil parish, part of the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England.

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The Ramsey Heights nature reserve is located on the edge of the village and the larger Woodwalton Fen National Nature Reserve is 2 miles (3 km) to the southwest of the village.

Despite its name, the village is low-lying and straddles the zero-metre contour line in the flat fenland.[1]

History

In October 2015, a dig to recover a WW2 Spitfire fighter plane was carried at Holme Fen. The dig's project director was Stephen Macauley of Oxford Archaeology East (OAE). A film of the dig was shown at the Great Fen's Countryside Centre, Ramsey Heights on 27 September 2019.[2]

Notable residents

  • Sybil Marshall (1913–2005), writer, academic and social historian was born in the village.

References

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  1. [1]
    Peterborough March, Whittlesey, Chatteris & Oundle (Map). 1:25,000. Ordnance Survey.
  2. [2]
    Fitton, Caroline (2019). "Great Fen Spitfire". The Fens: Wisbech & Surrounding. 18: 32.


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