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<h1 id="firstHeading" class="firstHeading mw-first-heading"><span class="mw-page-title-main">The Ridgeway</span></h1>
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<td colspan="2" style="text-align: center"><span typeof="mw:File"></span><div style="font-size:90%">Bei Grim’s Ditch</div>
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<li class="breadcrumb-nav-bullet-prefix">Alle Koordinaten:</li>
<li><span title="OpenStreetMap"><a class="external text" href="https://osm4wiki.toolforge.org/cgi-bin/wiki/wiki-osm.pl?project=de&article=The_Ridgeway"><b>OSM</b></a></span><span class="breadcrumb-nav-bullet-sep"><span aria-hidden="true"> |</span></span></li>
<li><span title="WikiMap"><a class="external text" href="https://wikimap.toolforge.org/?lang=de&page=The_Ridgeway"><b>WikiMap</b></a></span></li></ul>
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<td style="background:#F2F2F4;font-weight:bold;">Länge</td>
<td>139 km<span style="display:none">dep1</span>
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<td style="background:#F2F2F4;font-weight:bold;">Lage</td>
<td>zentrales <a href="England" title="England">England</a>
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<td style="background:#F2F2F4;font-weight:bold;">Markierungszeichen</td>
<td>stilisierte aufrechte weiße Eichel auf braunem Grund<br>
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<td style="background:#F2F2F4;font-weight:bold;">Startpunkt</td>
<td>Overton Hill (<a href="Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a>)<small><br><span id="The_Ridgeway_-_Startpunkt" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:51.416666666667,-1.8333333333333"><span title="Breitengrad">51° 25′ 0″ <abbr title="Nord">N</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">1° 50′ 0″ <abbr title="West">W</abbr></span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">51.416666666667</span><span class="longitude">-1.8333333333333</span><span class="elevation"></span></span></small>
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<td style="background:#F2F2F4;font-weight:bold;">Zielpunkt</td>
<td><a href="Ivinghoe_Beacon" title="Ivinghoe Beacon">Ivinghoe Beacon</a><small><br><span id="The_Ridgeway_-_Zielpunkt" class="coordinates -print"><a class="external text" href="geo:51.841944444444,-0.60805555555556"><span title="Breitengrad">51° 50′ 31″ <abbr title="Nord">N</abbr></span>, <span title="Längengrad">0° 36′ 29″ <abbr title="West">W</abbr></span></a></span><span class="geo noexcerpt" style="display:none"><span class="body"></span><span class="latitude">51.841944444444</span><span class="longitude">-0.60805555555556</span><span class="elevation"></span></span></small>
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<td style="background:#F2F2F4;font-weight:bold;">Typ</td>
<td><a href="Fernwanderweg" title="Fernwanderweg">Fernwanderweg</a>
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<td style="background:#F2F2F4;font-weight:bold;">Höchster Punkt</td>
<td><a href="Liddington_Castle" title="Liddington Castle">Liddington Castle</a>, 276 m
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<td>leicht
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<td style="background:#F2F2F4;font-weight:bold;"><a href="Jahreszeit" title="Jahreszeit">Jahreszeit</a></td>
<td>ganzjährig
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<td style="background:#F2F2F4;font-weight:bold;">Aussichtspunkte</td>
<td><a href="Ivinghoe_Beacon" title="Ivinghoe Beacon">Ivinghoe Beacon</a>, <a href="Liddington_Castle" title="Liddington Castle">Liddington Castle</a>, <a href="Uffington_Castle" title="Uffington Castle">Uffington Castle</a>
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<td style="background:#F2F2F4;font-weight:bold;">Besonderheiten</td>
<td>Folgt dem Kamm der North Wessex Downs und der <a href="Chiltern_Hills" title="Chiltern Hills">Chiltern Hills</a>
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<p><b>The Ridgeway</b>, <a href="Englische_Sprache" title="Englische Sprache">englisch</a> für <a href="Bergkamm" class="mw-redirect" title="Bergkamm">Bergkamm</a> und <a href="Weg" title="Weg">Weg</a>, ist eine <a href="Altstra%C3%9Fe" title="Altstraße">Altstraße</a> im südlichen <a href="England" title="England">England</a>. Der Weg erstreckt sich über eine Länge von 135 km, beginnt in <a href="Overton_Hill" title="Overton Hill">Overton Hill</a> (<a href="Wiltshire" title="Wiltshire">Wiltshire</a>) im Westen und endet in <a href="Ivinghoe_Beacon" title="Ivinghoe Beacon">Ivinghoe Beacon</a> (<a href="Buckinghamshire" title="Buckinghamshire">Buckinghamshire</a>) im Osten.
</p><p>Heute ist die Strecke als <i>The Ridgeway <a href="Fernwanderweg_(Vereinigtes_K%C3%B6nigreich)" title="Fernwanderweg (Vereinigtes Königreich)">National Trail</a></i> ausgewiesen. Entlang dieser Strecke befinden sich eine Reihe von Sehenswürdigkeiten aus der <a href="Steinzeit" title="Steinzeit">Steinzeit</a>, <a href="Bronzezeit" title="Bronzezeit">Bronzezeit</a> und <a href="Eisenzeit" title="Eisenzeit">Eisenzeit</a>, darunter <a href="Grim%E2%80%99s_Ditch" title="Grim’s Ditch">Grim’s Ditch</a> und <a href="Liddington_Castle" title="Liddington Castle">Liddington Castle</a> sowie das <a href="White_Horse_Hill" title="White Horse Hill">Uffington White Horse</a> und <a href="Uffington_Castle" title="Uffington Castle">Uffington Castle</a>. Vor 5000 Jahren könnte The Ridgeway ein Teil einer Strecke gewesen sein, die von der Küste von <a href="Dorset" title="Dorset">Dorset</a> bis <a href="The_Wash" title="The Wash">The Wash</a> in <a href="Norfolk" title="Norfolk">Norfolk</a> führte.
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<div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Literatur">Literatur</h2></div>
<ul><li>Anthony Burton: <i>The Ridgeway</i> (= <i>National Trail Guide.</i>). Aurum Press, London 2005, ISBN 1-84513-063-4.</li>
<li>National Trails Office: <i>Ridgeway Information Pack – Set of leaflets about the history, geology and wildlife of The Ridgeway.</i></li>
<li>John R. L. Anderson, Fay Godwin: <i>The Oldest Road. An Exploration of the Ridgeway.</i> Whittet Books Ltd, London 1987, ISBN 0-905483-52-9.</li></ul>
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.nationaltrail.co.uk/Ridgeway/index.asp?PageId=1">The Ridgeway National Trail</a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.pegasusarchive.org/ancientbritain/ridgeway.htm">The Pegasus Archive: <i>The Ridgeway</i></a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/wiltshire/moonraking/landscape_ridgeway.shtml">BBC: <i>The Ridgeway</i></a></li>
<li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.ridgewayfriends.org.uk/">The friends of the Ridgeway</a></li>
<li>Imogen Herrad: <i>Zu Fuß in die Steinzeit: Der Ridgeway Fernwanderweg.</i> <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://cdn-storage.br.de/iLCpbHJGNL9zu6i6NL97bmWH_-by/_-ZS/9-N69A4H/160306_0905_radioReisen_radioReisen-spezial-Englands-Sueden.mp3">Mitschnitt eines Beitrags in der Sendung radioReisen auf Bayern 2</a> ab Minute 35:33, <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r261891140">
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<a href="Cleveland_Way" title="Cleveland Way">Cleveland Way</a> |
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<a href="North_Downs_Way" title="North Downs Way">North Downs Way</a> |
<a href="Offa%E2%80%99s_Dyke_Path" title="Offa’s Dyke Path">Offa’s Dyke Path</a> |
<a href="Peddars_Way_%26_Norfolk_Coast_Path" title="Peddars Way & Norfolk Coast Path">Peddars Way</a> |
<a href="Pembrokeshire_Coast_Path" title="Pembrokeshire Coast Path">Pembrokeshire Coast Path</a> |
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<a href="South_Downs_Way" title="South Downs Way">South Downs Way</a> |
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<a href="Themsepfad" title="Themsepfad">Thames Path</a> |
<a href="Yorkshire_Wolds_Way" title="Yorkshire Wolds Way">Yorkshire Wolds Way</a>
</p><p><b>Weitere Fernwanderwege in England und Wales</b><br>
<a href="Coast_to_Coast_Walk" title="Coast to Coast Walk">Coast to Coast Walk</a> |
<a href="Icknield_Way" title="Icknield Way">Icknield Way</a> |
<a href="Vanguard_Way" title="Vanguard Way">Vanguard Way</a> |
<a href="Wales_Coast_Path" title="Wales Coast Path">Wales Coast Path</a>
</p><p><b>Long Distance Routes in Schottland</b><br>
<a href="East_Highland_Way" title="East Highland Way">East Highland Way</a> |
<a href="Great_Glen_Way" title="Great Glen Way">Great Glen Way</a> |
<a href="Southern_Upland_Way" title="Southern Upland Way">Southern Upland Way</a> |
<a href="Speyside_Way" title="Speyside Way">Speyside Way</a> |
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