{"id":7119,"date":"2021-08-03T16:23:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T20:23:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/blog\/?p=7119"},"modified":"2021-08-03T16:55:23","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T20:55:23","slug":"southwold-earthworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.stationstudios.ca\/blog\/southwold-earthworks\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwold Earthworks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

You can find posts about my 25 km from WTF<\/strong> adventures here<\/a><\/em><\/em><\/em>
or visualize them on this map<\/a>.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Southwold Earthworks National Historical Site<\/a> is one of our favourite places for a short walk. The site preserves the remains of a pre-contact village site of the Neutral people, who occupied the site about AD 1450 to 1550. It is also within an easy cycle from WTF and, on a beautiful August weekday, I took my bike and headed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the cool things about the area is that the Trans Canada Trail<\/a> is routed along both roads I was cycling. Given all the rain we have this year, the fields of corn and soybean have been progressing ahead of schedule. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Trans Canada Trail Sign on Lake Line<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

When I arrived at the Earthworks, I had it all to myself. If you are visiting for the first time, the various plaques throughout the site do a good job of explaining what you are seeing. With the grass recently cut, the double embankments of the settlement were very clear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I pressed on to the little village on Iona, which was just a few kilometers further along the same road. There were still a few old buildings in the village but they looked like they have been mostly unused since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. On the other hand, there were several new houses under construction through the village, so perhaps a revival is in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n