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Car Dyke is a linear earthwork located in Nocton Wood in Lincolnshire. It is a substantial bank and ditch feature that extends across the landscape and dates to the Roman period, likely constructed during the first or second century AD. The dyke appears to have functioned as a territorial boundary or land division, possibly associated with administrative divisions of Roman-occupied Britain. The monument survives as a prominent earthwork feature and remains archaeologically significant as evidence of Roman landscape organisation and land management practices in the Fenland region.
Car Dyke in Nocton Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004924. View the official record →
Car Dyke is a linear earthwork located in Nocton Wood in Lincolnshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004924.
Car Dyke in Nocton Wood is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004924.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Nocton Park Priory on Abbey Hill, 750m north east of Nocton Wood Houses (1.2 km), Village cross (3.2 km), Car Dyke SE of Blankney Wood (3.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Car Dyke in Nocton Wood's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Car Dyke in Nocton Wood stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.