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Lexden Dyke Middle is a linear earthwork forming part of the defensive perimeter of Camulodunum, the Iron Age oppidum and later Romano-British town located near Colchester in Essex. The dyke system, constructed during the Late Iron Age, comprises a series of parallel banks and ditches that enclosed a substantial territorial settlement. Lexden Dyke Middle represents one section of this extensive network of fortifications, which underwent modification and continued use following the Roman conquest of Britain in 43 AD. The earthwork survives as an upstanding archaeological monument reflecting the sophisticated engineering and territorial control exercised by the Late Iron Age polity that occupied the site.
Lexden Dyke Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019966. View the official record →
Lexden Dyke Middle is a linear earthwork forming part of the defensive perimeter of Camulodunum, the Iron Age oppidum and later Romano-British town located near Colchester in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019966.
Lexden Dyke Middle: 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 1019966.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Kidman's Dyke North and Middle: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum of Camulodunum (1.8 km), Gryme's Dyke at Stanway Green: part of the Iron Age territorial oppidum and Romano-British town of Camulodunum (2 km), Gosbecks Iron Age and Romano-British site (3 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lexden Dyke Middle: 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 Middle: 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.