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Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green is a linear earthwork forming part of the Iron Age defences associated with Camulodunum, the major oppidum located near present-day Colchester in Essex. The dyke consists of a substantial ditch and bank system that served to demarcate and protect the territorial boundaries of this significant Late Iron Age settlement during the first century before the Roman conquest. Following the Roman invasion of Britain in 43 AD, Camulodunum continued as an important centre under Roman administration, and Gryme's Dyke remained a notable topographical feature within the landscape of the Romano-British town. The earthwork survives as a visible landscape monument and represents the engineering efforts of Iron Age communities in establishing controlled access to one of Britain's most significant pre-Roman settlements.
Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019992. View the official record →
Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green is a linear earthwork forming part of the Iron Age defences associated with Camulodunum, the major oppidum located near present-day Colchester in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019992.
Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum 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 1019992.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Remains of All Saints Church, 60m north-west of Stanway Hall Farm (1.4 km), Gosbecks Iron Age and Romano-British site (1.5 km), Dovecote 80m south west of Olivers (2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum'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.
Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.