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Devil's Ditch is a linear earthwork located in Norfolk, England, consisting of a substantial bank and ditch that runs for several kilometres across the landscape. The monument dates to the Iron Age and represents a significant defensive or territorial boundary structure, examples of which are found across East Anglia during this period. The earthwork's impressive physical form, with its pronounced bank and accompanying ditch, demonstrates considerable labour investment and engineering capability characteristic of Iron Age communities in the region. Such linear earthworks served strategic purposes in controlling movement across the landscape and may have functioned as territorial markers or defensive barriers for Iron Age settlements and agricultural lands.
Devil's Ditch is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003794. View the official record →
Devil's Ditch is a linear earthwork located in Norfolk, England, consisting of a substantial bank and ditch that runs for several kilometres across the landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003794.
Devil's Ditch 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 1003794.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrows on Garboldisham Heath (0.6 km), Round barrow on East Harling Heath (1.4 km), Tower of All Saints' Church (1.8 km).
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