fen
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Fen Cottage at Wicken Fen, in Cambridgeshire, was built in roughly 1700 and is one of the last surviving homes of the ancient fen dwellers.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
"After subscribing to weather alerts for obscure corners of East Anglia," says Mr Hall, "I made many trips to fen skating 'hotspots' to find thin or melted ice, rain or flooded roads."
From BBC • Jan. 26, 2023
The Sacketts’ property was connected to a fen and, thence, to the lake, via a “shallow subsurface flow” of moisture, the agency advised, making it subject to the 1972 Clean Water Act.
From Washington Post • Oct. 5, 2022
She found, about 15 inches underground, partially decayed roots, twigs and the cold moisture of a fen.
From Washington Times • Sep. 13, 2020
The music of the harp and the happy shouting of the warriors echoed out across the dark fen and drowned the crying of birds that flew in the night.
From "Beowulf: A New Telling" by Robert Nye
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