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Address: The Dyke runs 7.5 miles south-east from Reach to Woodditton (access point with parking available at July racecourse) |
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About Devils Dyke
Devils Dyke (also called Devil's Ditch) is one of the largest and best surviving examples of an Anglo-Saxon earthwork in Britain. As a few potsherds of the early and late Bronze age were found in the most eastern part of the Fleam Dyke it seems that much older earthworks have been used. The archaeologist Prof. McKenny Hughes therefore preferred to speak of 'multi-period dykes' while more recently Alison Taylor cautiously concluded that though most defensive dykes in Cambridgeshire have been shown to be Anglo-Saxon in their final phase, they often seem to be preceded by Iron Age works, and elsewhere in East Anglia they are commonly Iron Age in date.
The dyke consists of a massive bank and ditch running 7.5 miles (12km) south-east from Reach to Woodditton. At its peak, the bank is 11 metres in height. Beginning on flat farmland, the dyke passes to the west of Newmarket and runs along the edge of the July Course at Newmarket Racecourse before rising gently to an altitude of 100m as it reaches the wooded hills around Woodditton. |
Devils Dyke
The Devils Dyke is a public footpath and free to walk upon. Dogs can also be walked.
Posted on 03 Sep 2009 by admin
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