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Devil's Ditch is a linear earthwork monument consisting of a bank and ditch of Iron Age or Romano-British date, located near Waterbeach in Sussex. The section in question, extending approximately 200 yards east of Waterbeach Hotel within Goodwood Park, represents part of a longer defensive or territorial boundary feature characteristic of prehistoric and Romano-British land divisions. The monument survives as a substantial earthwork with a prominent bank and accompanying ditch, though the precise original dimensions and full extent have been subject to erosion and agricultural modification over many centuries. Devil's Ditch forms part of a broader pattern of linear earthworks across southern England that served strategic, defensive, or administrative functions during the Iron Age and Romano-British periods.
Devil's Ditch, section extending 200yds (180m) E of Waterbeach Hotel, Goodwood Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005872. View the official record →
Devil's Ditch is a linear earthwork monument consisting of a bank and ditch of Iron Age or Romano-British date, located near Waterbeach in Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005872.
Devil's Ditch, section extending 200yds (180m) E of Waterbeach Hotel, Goodwood Park 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 1005872.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chichester Dyke, earthwork E of Chichester Barracks extending 600yds (550m) (3.7 km), Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending N 360yds (330m) from Otter Memorial College (3.9 km), Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section at Brandy Hole, extending E 230yds (210m) from railway, New Fishbourne (4.3 km).
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