I don't know why Ken thinks that there is barbed wire around the
Cathedral. Have a look on Google Earth (or maps.google.co.uk and
click on Satellite) and search on Ely, Cambridgeshire, UK.
There were many islands in the Fens, Ely was only one of them. Most
churches in the area are on high ground which formed islands when the
Fens were flooded.
As I have already mentioned, they are thinking of re-flooding some
parts of the Fens to return the land to marsh for wildlife, but all
they would have to do to protect the area from rising sea levels
would be to increase the size of the defences. Yes, I know, that
would be a large undertaking, but the infrastructure is there.
Chris
~~ >-)-
C M I Barker
Cambridgeshire, Great Britain.
www.threeshoes.net & homepage.mac.com/zuiko
On 16 Mar 2007, at 06:18, Jan Steinman wrote:
>
>> From: AG Schnozz <agschnozz@xxxxxxxxx>
>>
>>>> I like the fenlands, myself. Lived in Soham, between Ely and
>>>> Cambridge, for a while. The cathedral at Ely is magnificent,
>>
>> I too, have seen the cathedral in Ely. What an incredible structure.
>> I just can't figure out why it needs to be surrounded by barbed wire
>> fencing.
>
> When they built it, Ely was an island in the surrounding swampy
> fenland. ("Ely" comes from "Eel Island.") They actually quarried the
> sandstone somewhere near Norwich, then floated the huge blocks on
> broad, flat boats built specially for the purpose.
>
> I guess the barb wire is to keep someone from doing the same thing in
> reverse... :-)
>
> BTW: This part of East Anglia is in a real hurt in most global
> warming scenarios.
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