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Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow is a defensive earthwork forming part of the Iron Age territorial system associated with Camulodunum, the major oppidum and later Romano-British town in Essex. The dyke comprises a substantial linear bank and ditch structure characteristic of late Iron Age fortification, dating to the late first century BC and the period immediately following the Roman conquest of Britain. It formed one element of a series of boundary and defensive works that enclosed the settlement and its immediate hinterland, reflecting the strategic importance of Camulodunum as a centre of Trinovantian power. The monument survives as an earthwork feature within the landscape of Spring Meadow, contributing to the archaeological record of one of Britain's most significant Iron Age and Romano-British sites.
Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019965. View the official record →
Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow is a defensive earthwork forming part of the Iron Age territorial system associated with Camulodunum, the major oppidum and later Romano-British town in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019965.
Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow: 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 1019965.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Heath Farm Dyke Middle (rear of Alan Way): part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum (1.7 km), Kidman's Dyke North and Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum (2.2 km), Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum (2.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow: 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.
Lexden Dyke at Spring Meadow: 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.