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Length of Car Dyke between Green End and Top Moor is a linear earthwork forming part of the Car Dyke system in Cambridgeshire. This section of the dyke dates to the Roman period and represents part of a substantial defensive or territorial boundary that extended across the fenland landscape. The earthwork survives as a raised bank with associated ditch, demonstrating the engineering effort invested in its construction across the challenging terrain of the Cambridgeshire fens. The Car Dyke system is considered significant evidence for Roman military and administrative organisation in the eastern English landscape.
Length of Car Dyke between Green End and Top Moor is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1006813. View the official record →
Length of Car Dyke between Green End and Top Moor is a linear earthwork forming part of the Car Dyke system in Cambridgeshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1006813.
Length of Car Dyke between Green End and Top Moor 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 1006813.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cottenham moated site (2.8 km), Shrunken medieval village of Landbeach (3.4 km), Waterbeach Abbey (site of) (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Length of Car Dyke between Green End and Top Moor'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.
Length of Car Dyke between Green End and Top Moor stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.