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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dray's Ditches - Misc. Earthwork in England in Bedfordshire

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Multi-periodSite Name: Dray's Ditches
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 6.734 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Bedfordshire Type: Misc. Earthwork

Map Ref: TL08642641
Latitude: 51.925617N  Longitude: 0.421516W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
3 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
4 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Dray's Ditches
Dray's Ditches submitted by Andy B : Drays Ditches from above. You can still make out the earthworks just either side of the path. A notice board suggested the ditches were at one time 2 km long. Copyright Dennis simpson and licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons Licence. http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/14120 (Vote or comment on this photo)
Misc. Earthwork in Bedfordshire

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"Iron Age linear earthwork overlaying Bronze Age occupation."

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Dray's Ditches
Dray's Ditches submitted by Andy B : The site of Drays Ditches Copyright John Yaxley and licensed for reuse under the Creative Commons Licence. http://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/13221 (Vote or comment on this photo)

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TL0826 : Looking back down the 1st by John Yaxley
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