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Devil's Ditch is a linear earthwork forming part of an extensive defensive system in the Sussex Weald, likely dating to the Iron Age or Romano-British period. The section extending approximately 330 yards west of Waterbeach Hotel in Goodwood Park, Box Grove, survives as a substantial bank and ditch, representing a characteristic example of prehistoric or Romano-British boundary fortification. Such linear earthworks typically served multiple functions including territorial demarcation, livestock control, and defence. This particular stretch remains archaeologically significant as evidence of landscape organisation and settlement patterns in South East England during antiquity.
Devil's Ditch, section extending 330yds (300m) W of Waterbeach Hotel, Goodwood Park, Box Grove is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005871. View the official record →
Devil's Ditch is a linear earthwork forming part of an extensive defensive system in the Sussex Weald, likely dating to the Iron Age or Romano-British period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005871.
Devil's Ditch, section extending 330yds (300m) W of Waterbeach Hotel, Goodwood Park, Box Grove 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 1005871.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Chichester Dyke, earthwork E of Chichester Barracks extending 600yds (550m) (3.4 km), Chichester Dyke, earthwork extending N 360yds (330m) from Otter Memorial College (3.7 km), Chichester Dyke, Broyle earthwork, section extending 430yds (393m) through East Broyle Copse, to railway, and earthwork extending 400yds (365m) from Brandy Hole Lane, New Fishbourne (4.3 km).
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