Monk's Lode
| Monk's Lode | ||
 The Monk's Lode shortly before its confluence with the Wicken Lode |
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| location | East Cambridgeshire , Cambridgeshire | |
| River system | Great Ouse | |
| Drain over | Wicken Lode → Reach Lode → River Cam → Great Ouse → The Wash → North Sea | |
| origin | Southeast of Wicken off the New River 52 ° 18 ′ 26 ″ N , 0 ° 18 ′ 12 ″ E |
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| muzzle | In the northern part of the Wicken Fens in the Wicken Lode coordinates: 52 ° 18 ′ 27 ″ N , 0 ° 17 ′ 12 ″ E 52 ° 18 ′ 27 ″ N , 0 ° 17 ′ 12 ″ E
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| Navigable | No | |
Monk's Lode is the name of an at least partially man-made canal in the English county of Cambridgeshire , which is one of the Cambridgeshire Lodes . It connects the place Wicken over the Wicken Lode and the Reach Lode with the River Cam and with the New River .
course
The Monk's Lode emerges a little southeast of Wicken , in the north of the Wicken Fens from the New River . It flows in a flat curve to the right to the west before it joins the Wicken Lode in the northern part of the Wicken Fens .
On its course, the Monk's Lode flows through the Wicken Fen and takes on several drainage channels.
history
The origin of the Monk's Lodes probably goes back to Roman times . Unlike the Wicken Lode , the Monk's Lode only played a very subordinate role as a trade route.
Today the Monk's Lode is no longer accessible by boat.
swell
- Cambridgeshire Lodes. www.canalroutes.net, accessed December 10, 2016 (English).
- Cambridgeshire Lodes. www.waterways.org.uk, accessed December 10, 2016 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Cambridgeshire Lodes. www.canalroutes.net, accessed December 10, 2016 (English).
