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<< Our Photo Pages >> Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire - Misc. Earthwork in England in Cambridgeshire

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Multi-periodSite Name: Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 5.198 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Cambridgeshire Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Cambridge
Map Ref: TL580646
Latitude: 52.256882N  Longitude: 0.313453E
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
4 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
5 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
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Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire
Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire submitted by ermine : Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire from approx TL580646 looking south-east Massive Anglian defence that stretched from an area of dense woodland to one of marsh. The dyke is nearly 8 miles long and crosses a chalk ridge. At either end were impassable forests and fens. It was built to defend the East Angles by cutting off the Icknield Way. (Vote or comment on this photo)
Misc. Earthwork in Cambridgeshire

Longest of the Anglo-Saxon defensive ditch and bank earthworks that stretched from forest to marshland.
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Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire
Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire submitted by coypu : Devils Dyke seen from the B1102 access about a mile from Burwell. There is off road parking with a short walk from the carpark. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire
Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire submitted by DrewParsons : The earthworks seen from the site information board in September 1997. (Vote or comment on this photo)

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TL5864 : Devil's Ditch looking S by mym
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Re: Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire by DrewParsons on Monday, 10 May 2010
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The 1973 archaeological excavations during the construction of the A14 established the date of construction as during the 5th or 6th century AD, which would make them Ango Saxon in origin.
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Re: Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire by austenjohnreid on Sunday, 09 May 2010
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these are war ditches, (devils ditch and fleam dyke) they run paralel to each other for up to 17km they protected the army who laid seige to the gog magog hill fort and belived to be the real place of the battle of troy they are bronze age not anglo saxon.
Ref: http://www.troy-in-england.co.uk
the book is by Iman Wilkens, were troy once stood
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Re: Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire by coldrum on Thursday, 08 April 2010
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