Devil's Dyke, Cambridgeshire

Devil's Dyke
Site of Special Scientific Interest
LocationCambridgeshire
Grid referenceTL 612 619
InterestBiological
Area98 acres (39.8 hectares)
Notification1984
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Devil's Dyke or Devil's Ditch is a linear earthen barrier, thought to be of Anglo-Saxon origin, in eastern Cambridgeshire and Suffolk. It runs for 11 kilometres (6.8 mi) in an almost straight line from Reach to Woodditton, with a 10-metre-high (33 ft) ditch and bank system facing southwestwards, blocking the open chalkland between the marshy fens to the north and the formerly wooded hills to the south. It is a Scheduled Monument, a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Special Area of Conservation.