Aves Ditch

An Iron Age linear earthwork running approximately 4.8 km through the Cherwell District of Oxfordshire. Once mistaken for a Roman road, excavation revealed it to be a boundary dyke dating to 500-325 BC. Scholars Sauer and Lambrick proposed it formed part of the tribal boundary between the Dobunni and Catuvellauni. A skull found in the ditch dates to Anglo-Saxon reuse of the monument. It now forms civil parish boundaries, reflecting its enduring role as a territorial marker.

TypeEarthwork
Period1500 - 500 BC
CountryEngland
Coordinates51.9042° N, 1.2610° W

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