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Devil's Dyke, Hertfordshire
51.8067° N, -0.2856° E
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Devil's Dyke is the remains of a prehistoric defensive ditch which lies at the east side of the village of Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England. It is protected as a Scheduled Monument. It is generally agreed to have been part of the defences of an Iron Age settlement belonging to the Catuvellauni tribe of Ancient Britain. It has possible associations with Julius Caesar's second invasion of Britain (54 BC)
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Caesar's campaign (candidate site)
54 BC
Mortimer Wheeler excavation
1932
Land gifted for public access
1937
Belgic pottery found
1970s
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