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Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire, the Glossary

Devil's Dyke or Devil's Ditch is a linear earthen barrier, thought to be of Anglo-Saxon origin, in eastern Cambridgeshire and Suffolk.^[1]

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Ancient dikes
Anglo-Saxon sites in England
Archaeological sites in Cambridgeshire
Archaeological sites in Suffolk
Archaeology of the kingdom of East Anglia
Fortifications in England
Ruins in Cambridgeshire
Scheduled monuments in Cambridgeshire

A11 road (England)

The A11 is a major trunk road in England.

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The A14 is a major trunk road in England, running from Catthorpe Interchange, a major intersection at the southern end of the M6 and junction 19 of the M1 in Leicestershire to the Port of Felixstowe, Suffolk.

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Abbo of Fleury

Abbo or Abbon of Fleury (Abbo Floriacensis; – 13 November 1004), also known as Saint Abbo or Abbon, was a monk and abbot of Fleury Abbey in present-day Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire near Orléans, France.

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Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle is a collection of annals in Old English, chronicling the history of the Anglo-Saxons.

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Anglo-Saxons

The Anglo-Saxons, the English or Saxons of Britain, were a cultural group who spoke Old English and inhabited much of what is now England and south-eastern Scotland in the Early Middle Ages.

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Aqueduct (water supply)

An aqueduct is a watercourse constructed to carry water from a source to a distribution point far away.

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Archaeological excavation

In archaeology, excavation is the exposure, processing and recording of archaeological remains.

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Astragalus danicus

Astragalus danicus, known as purple milk-vetch, is a species of flowering plant in the family Fabaceae (legumes), which is native to Europe.

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Bill Bryson

William McGuire Bryson (born 8 December 1951) is an American-British journalist and author.

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Black Ditches, Cavenham

Black Ditches is an earthwork close to the village of Cavenham of Suffolk, and part of it is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire and Black Ditches, Cavenham are Anglo-Saxon sites in England, archaeological sites in Suffolk and linear earthworks.

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Bran Ditch

Bran Ditch or Heydon Ditch is generally assumed to be an Anglo-Saxon earthwork in southern Cambridgeshire, England. Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire and Bran Ditch are linear earthworks and scheduled monuments in Cambridgeshire.

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Brent Ditch

Brent Ditch is generally assumed to be an Anglo-Saxon earthwork in Southern Cambridgeshire, England, built around the 6th and 7th centuries AD. Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire and Brent Ditch are linear earthworks and scheduled monuments in Cambridgeshire.

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Bury St Edmunds

Bury St Edmunds, commonly referred to locally as Bury is a cathedral and market town in the West Suffolk district, in the county of Suffolk, England.

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Cambridge University Press

Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge.

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Cambridgeshire

Cambridgeshire (abbreviated Cambs.) is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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Danes

Danes (danskere) are an ethnic group and nationality native to Denmark and a modern nation identified with the country of Denmark.

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Edward the Elder

Edward the Elder (870s?17 July 924) was King of the Anglo-Saxons from 899 until his death in 924.

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Electrical resistance survey

Electrical resistance surveys (also called earth resistance or resistivity survey) are one of a number of methods used in archaeological geophysics, as well as in engineering geological investigations.

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Fleam Dyke

Fleam Dyke is a linear earthwork between Fulbourn and Balsham in Cambridgeshire, initiated some time between AD 330 and AD 510. Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire and Fleam Dyke are ancient dikes, Anglo-Saxon sites in England, archaeological sites in Cambridgeshire, linear earthworks, scheduled monuments in Cambridgeshire and sites of Special Scientific Interest in Cambridgeshire.

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Flores Historiarum

The Flores Historiarum (Flowers of History) is the name of two different (though related) Latin chronicles by medieval English historians that were created in the 13th century, associated originally with the Abbey of St Albans.

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Icknield Way

The Icknield Way is an ancient trackway in southern and eastern England that runs from Norfolk to Wiltshire. Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire and Icknield Way are archaeological sites in Cambridgeshire.

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Ipswich–Ely line

The Ipswich–Ely line is a railway line linking East Anglia to the English Midlands via Ely.

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Levee

A levee, dike (American English), dyke (Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure used to keep the course of rivers from changing and to protect against flooding of the area adjoining the river or coast.

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Marsh

In ecology, a marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous plants rather than by woody plants.

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Middle Ages

In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period (also spelt mediaeval or mediæval) lasted from approximately 500 to 1500 AD.

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Newmarket Racecourse

Newmarket Racecourse is a British Thoroughbred horse racing venue in Newmarket, Suffolk, comprising two individual racecourses: the Rowley Mile and the July Course.

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Notes from a Small Island

Notes from a Small Island is a humorous travel book on Great Britain by American author Bill Bryson, first published in 1995.

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Oxford University Press

Oxford University Press (OUP) is the publishing house of the University of Oxford.

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Pulsatilla vulgaris

Pulsatilla vulgaris, the pasqueflower, is a species of flowering plant belonging to the buttercup family (Ranunculaceae), found locally on calcareous grassland in Europe, and widely cultivated in gardens.

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Radiocarbon dating

Radiocarbon dating (also referred to as carbon dating or carbon-14 dating) is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon, a radioactive isotope of carbon.

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Reach, Cambridgeshire

Reach is a small village and civil parish on the edge of the fenland in East Cambridgeshire, England at the north end of Devil's Dyke, about west of Burwell.

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Roman Britain

Roman Britain was the territory that became the Roman province of Britannia after the Roman conquest of Britain, consisting of a large part of the island of Great Britain.

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Scheduled monument

In the United Kingdom, a scheduled monument is a nationally important archaeological site or historic building, given protection against unauthorised change.

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Shrubland

Shrubland, scrubland, scrub, brush, or bush is a plant community characterized by vegetation dominated by shrubs, often also including grasses, herbs, and geophytes.

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Site of Special Scientific Interest

A site of special scientific interest (SSSI) in Great Britain, or an area of special scientific interest (ASSI) in the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland, is a conservation designation denoting a protected area in the United Kingdom and Isle of Man.

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Special Area of Conservation

A special area of conservation (SAC) is defined in the European Union's Habitats Directive (92/43/EEC), also known as the Directive on the Conservation of Natural Habitats and of Wild Fauna and Flora.

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Suffolk

Suffolk is a ceremonial county in the East of England and East Anglia.

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The Fens

The Fens or Fenlands in eastern England are a naturally marshy region supporting a rich ecology and numerous species.

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Thesium humifusum

Thesium humifusum is a species of hemiparasitic flowering plant in the family Santalaceae found in western Europe and north-western Africa, known as bastard-toadflax.

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Woodditton

Woodditton is a village and civil parish in East Cambridgeshire, England.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil's_Dyke,_Cambridgeshire

Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire, the Glossary

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See also

Ancient dikes

Anglo-Saxon sites in England

Archaeological sites in Cambridgeshire

Archaeological sites in Suffolk

Archaeology of the kingdom of East Anglia

Fortifications in England

Ruins in Cambridgeshire

Scheduled monuments in Cambridgeshire

References