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	Dark Age Dykes, by Erik Grigg
		The construction of the dykes does show there was a vast amount of labour available (which goes against the theory of a mass depopulation in the immediate aftermath of the fall of Roman Britain as expounded by historians like Dark).
		Many of these dykes have been categorised in the past as the border between Celtic/British kingdom A on one side and Anglo-Saxon kingdom B on the other, but this may be overly simplistic.
		Bowen, H.C. (1990) 'The archaeology of Bokerley Dyke'
	www.wansdyke21.org.uk /wansdyke/wanart/grigg.htm (4043 words)

	Wansdyke Project 21, links to earthworks on the internet
		Car Dyke, not a defensive earthwork (possibly either a catch-water drain to stop flooding of the fens or a Roman Imperial estate boundary), was one of the greatest engineering feats carried out by the engineers of the mighty Roman Empire which ruled Britain for almost 400 years from 43 AD to 410 AD.
		Hadrian's Wall Country is a rich and varied corridor featuring some of Britain's most unforgettable scenery and a diverse range of ancient and modern attractions stretching from the east coast to the west coast and ten miles north and south of the Wall.
		It manages the Offa's Dyke Centre at Knighton and encourages archaeological and historical research relating to Offa's Dyke and the corridor along its length.
	www.wansdyke21.org.uk /links.htm (1177 words)

	British Archaeology 87, March/April 2006 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Devil's Dyke (Cambs) is thought to be Saxon, but the nearby and similarly aligned Fleam Dyke, with a different V-shaped profile (often seen on Roman ditches) and a radiocarbon date of AD330–510 is more likely to be Roman or post-Roman British.
		Bokerley Dyke (Dorset) divides Salisbury and Dorchester, and Wansdyke Cirencester and territory to the south.
		Fleam Dyke was built between 330 and 510 to defend against a threat from the Catuvellauni direction.
	www.britarch.ac.uk /ba/ba87/feat1.shtml (2676 words)

	Dyke Lincolnshire England PE10 UK
		The Car Dyke was built to keep seawater from infiltrating the cars.
		Dyke Technology College in Louth is a mixed foundation scho...
		Dyke Lincolnshire England PE10 UK Dyke uk web sites, local and national uk Dyke information.
	www.dotukdirectory.co.uk /165181.html (242 words)

	AARG - Reviewed Books
		The reader is taken, with the help of a set of Area Plans, through a contrasting series of archaeological landscapes and given explanations drawn together from field work, examination of aerial photographs, and other documentary sources.
		Bowen's thesis is that the 'Bokerley Line' was a cultural division from the middle bronze age onwards, and this he demonstrates by examination and comparison of features on both sides of the Line.
		Part IV of the volume, a review of monuments east and west of Bokerley Dyke, will be of particular interest to those of us who play morphological games.
	aarg.univie.ac.at /bibliography/reviews/2.html (922 words)

	AARG - Reviewed Books
		The lack of a main heading for 'Celtic' fields is probably more due to the bittiness of their preservation and recording (see Bokerley figure 1) than to any decrease in interest by the author.
		Of particular interest, and strengthening my own comments on Bokerley as an application of aerial photography, is the inclusion of an AP reference (presumably the 'best' AP) where this was a relevant source.
		I was told that the original intention was to publish the Inventory as an integral part of Bokerley and that is surely where it belongs although the advantage of having the Inventory and the illustrations in (at least!) two separate volumes makes comparative work that much more simple.
	aarg.univie.ac.at /bibliography/reviews/3.html (2126 words)

	Dorset - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		In the Roman era, settlements moved from the hill tops to the valleys, and the hilltops had been abandoned by the 4th century.
		A large defensive ditch, Bokerley Dyke, delayed the Saxon conquest of Dorset from the north east for up to two hundred years.
		The Domesday Book documents many Saxon settlements corresponding to modern towns and villages, mostly in the valleys.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Dorset (2791 words)

	Grim's Ditch - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Grim's Ditch or Grim's Dyke (also Grimsdyke in derivative names) is a name shared by a number of bank and ditch earthworks found on the chalk uplands of southern England.
		Their original purpose is unknown but, as they are too small to be of military use, they may have served to demarcate territory.
		The name Graham's Dyke (an alternative name for the Antonine Wall) is believed to be a variant of Grim's Dyke.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Grim's_Ditch (160 words)

	Hampshire County Council
		English Heritage funded scrub clearance work on Bokerley Dyke which together with grazing input and spot spraying of scrub regrowth will ensure that a chalk grassland vegetation will gradually replace the majority of the scrub on the Dyke.
		A total of about 0.6 ha of tall scrub was coppiced by contractors in compartments 2d, 5d, 18b, 21, 22, 26, 27, 30 and 34.
		Out initial contribution will be a study of the effects on a section of the Bokerley Dyke of two comparable flocks of Hebrideans and Beulahs.
	www.hants.gov.uk /scrmxn/c24454.html (1548 words)

	The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Bokerley Dyke [Bokerley Ditch] Misc. Earthwork (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Once established, the dyke continued in use but was remodelled and adapted to suit the needs of later periods: these included the more defensive requirements of the later Iron Age and Roman periods.
		Access The Bokerley Dyke extends along the edge of the Martin Down National Nature Reserve from Blagdon Hill, ending approximately midway between Woodyates and Cobley.
		Looking south along the sinuous Bokerley Dyke on a misty day with Hampshire on the left (the ditched side) and Dorset on the right.
	www.megalithic.co.uk /article.php?sid=4647 (591 words)

	Cranborne Chase - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		There is a Roman villa which has been dug by Time Team [1].
		During the Saxon invasion of England the Romano-British kept the invaders out of Dorset by building Bokerley Dyke, a defensive ditch, across the Roman Road that runs across the downs from Dorchester to Old Sarum.
		The downs have been sparsely populated since Saxon times, largely preserving archaeology until World War II when the need for agricultural land outweighed the archaeological importance.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Cranborne_Chase (523 words)

	BRITANNIA
		It is argued that Bokerley Dyke formed a part of the eastern border of the Civitas Durotrigum.
		From a fifth-century nucleus round Old Sarum, to the east, sixth-century 'Anglo-Saxon' culture, and probably presence, spread westwards across the Dyke, to reach as far as Seaxpenn ('the Saxons' hill') and Combs Ditch, an area which may have coincided with a pagus centred upon Badbury Rings.
		However, to the west of Teffont ('the funta on the boundary'), immediately north of the Dyke, it is only in the seventh century that Anglo-Saxons are first evident, as is the case in the remainder of Dorset.
	www.romansociety.org /webbrit04.htm (2128 words)

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		from Bokerley dyke towards a long barrow at the end of the Dorset cursus.
		At the top of the photograph one of the long barrows at the end of the cursus can also be seen, whilst Bokerley Dyke enters the photograph on the right side.
		With the consent of the farmer, Mr White, a geophysical survey using an FM36 Fluxgate Gradiometer was carried out.
	csweb.bournemouth.ac.uk /proj_cran/white.htm (570 words)

	Badbury Rings - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The fort is situated at the cross of two Roman roads, between Dorchester, Old Sarum (Salisbury), Bath and Hamworthy (Poole).
		Dorset fell to the Saxons late in the Saxon invasion of England, being held up by Bokerley Dyke on the Roman Road from Old Sarum.
		Local historian Roy Carr (2001) has suggested that the Saxons were held off by the threat of an army in the west, perhaps stationed at Badbury Rings.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Badbury_Rings (243 words)

	Images of Dorset - Photographs of Ackling Dyke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Traversing the county from a point of entry in the north-east, at Bokerley Junction, to a point of exit, west of Bridport, the Roman road known as Ackling Dyke linked London to Exeter and was probably built sometime during the period 55–60AD.
		This gallery follows the road northwards from Shapwick (ST 940 018 – bottom-left on the map below) to a point 4km short of the county boundary near Sixpenny Handley (ST 999 171 – top-right of the map).
		The pictures of Ackling Dyke in this gallery were captured at high resolution.
	www.imagesofdorset.org.uk /Dorset/060/intro.htm (509 words)

	Roman Roads
		Roman roads later became a liability because invading barbarians could travel along them as quickly as the Roman armies.
		The Salisbury–Badbury road was deliberately blocked by the Bokerley Dyke during a crisis in the fourth century.
		The roads went into decline after the Roman departure and not until the advent of railways in the nineteenth century did Britain again enjoy such an efficient communications network.
	www.historic-uk.com /HistoryUK/England-History/RomanRoads.htm (702 words)

	The Megalithic Portal and Megalith Map: Pentridge 2 Long Barrow (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		This large neolithic barrow, around 150m long, 20m wide and 2m high, lies on a fairly flat part of Martin Down on the Dorset side of the Romano-British Bokerley Dyke.
		The field is bordered to the north-east by the Bokerley Dyke, and this much later earthwork provides an easy way of finding the barrow.
		On the east side of the dyke is Martin Down national nature reserve which has its own car parks at SU037201 (just off the busy A354) and at SU058192 (at the western end of Sillen Lane from central Martin village).
	www.megalithic.co.uk /article.php?sid=11121 (731 words)

	Long Distance Trails - Dorset For You (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Both the leaflet and route guide are available from South Somerset District Council, Tourism and Cultural Services by telephoning 01935 462462.
		This is a long distance walk from Forde Abbey on the western border of Dorset to Bokerley Dyke on the north eastern border.
		The 90 mile walk curves its way through quiet villages, passing rural churches and offers extensive views over the rolling downs and across secret valleys that make Dorset so special.
	www.dorsetforyou.com /index.jsp?articleid=3915 (500 words)

	Martin - Fordingbridge and its villages - Hampshire local pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Situated on the River Allen (a tributary of the Avon) the village of Martin is central to the Parish.
		Several prehistoric sites are known, including Bokerley Dyke and an earthwork known locally as Soldiers' Ring.
		The Northern boundary of the Parish is formed by Grim's Ditch which extends into Dorset and Wiltshire.
	www.hants.gov.uk /localpages/south_west/fordingbridge/martin (156 words)

	Wansdyke Project 21 Bibliography by Robert M. Vermaat
		Burrow, Edward J. (1926): Bokerley Dyke and Grim's Ditch, in: Major and Burrow: The Mystery of Wansdyke, pp.
		(1955): Offa's Dyke, a field survey of the western frontier-works of Mercia in the seventh and eighth centuries AD, (Oxford).
		Higham, Nicholas J. Gildas, Roman Walls and British Dykes, in: Cambridge Medieval Celtic Studies 22, pp.
	www.wansdyke21.org.uk /bibliogrvort.htm (1392 words)

	Images of Dorset - Photographs of Pentridge
		Some 9km long, this Neolithic causeway runs from Long Crichel in the south-west to just short of Bokerley Dyke.
		Ascending the sinuous bank of Bokerley Dyke, looking north-westwards; Dorset is to the left of the bank, Hampshire to the right (picture)
		Ackling Dyke once more, the low sun picking out the mounds of the much older Neolithic round barrows in a field to the left of the agger (picture)
	www.imagesofdorset.org.uk /Dorset/104/intro.htm (350 words)

	Forums \| Bokerley Dyke and the Cursus \| The Modern Antiquarian \| Forums \| Bokerley Dyke and the Cursus
		We have just returned from a camping trip to Dorset, although we explored the Dyke and Cursus there does not seem to be any detailed information on either of these sites.
		Considering the inportance of both of these we were baffled by the lack of information.
		Is there anyone out there that could rectify this.
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /forum/?thread=13174 (55 words)

	West Dorset Tourism Website - Walking
		This walk crosses Dorset’s main ancient hill-forts, including the highest hill in Dorset, Pilsdon Pen, as well as the famous chalk figure, the Cerne Abbas Giant.
		The Jubilee Trail: from Forde Abbey in the west to Bokerley Dyke on the north-eastern border, is a 90-mile walk, curving its way through quiet villages, passing rural churches and offering extensive views over the rolling downs and secret valleys that make Dorset so special.
		The Monarch's Way: follows the escape route of Charles II from Worcester to Charmouth, after the Battle of Worcester in 1651.
	www.westdorset.com /index.cfm?articleid=12 (671 words)

	05 Ackling Dyke, Oakley Down, Bokerley and Grims Dykes. - Dorse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		05 Ackling Dyke, Oakley Down, Bokerley and Grims Dykes.
		06 Ackling Dyke, Oakley Down, Bokerley and Grims Dykes.
		You are here: Home > Enjoying > Coast and countryside > Historic environment > Things to do > Dorset Archaeological Days 2006 > 05 Ackling Dyke, Oakley Down, Bokerley and Grims Dykes.
	www.dorsetforyou.com /index.jsp?articleid=336367 (210 words)

	Bokerley Dyke \| The Modern Antiquarian \| Bokerley Dyke (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bokerley Dyke (Dyke) on The Modern Antiquarian, the UK and Ireland's most popular megalithic community website.
		If you follow the map west even the 'course of' peters out pretty quickly (unlike the nearby Grim's Ditch).
		The resource says "Celtic Field Boundary Lines - SU036197 - Iron Age - North east of Bokerley Gap.
	www.themodernantiquarian.com /site/3286 (953 words)

	Boundary and Marker Yews on the Hampshire - Dorset Border
		Perhaps large Yews also stood in Yew Tree Copse, but we may never know, for it was cut down at some point during the World Wars to make way for arable land.
		It is known there was a dispute over pasture here between the Abbot of Tewkesbury and the Abbot of Glastonbury, and because of this dispute, a perambulation was made demarcating the boundary in the early 13th century between Biddlesgate and Bokerley Dyke.
		The Yew is close to Grims Ditch which is very shallow and now thought to be a tribal boundary marker unlike its neighbour the huge defensive Bokerley Ditch.
	www.ancient-yew.org /markeryews.shtml (2991 words)

	Wiltshire description and travel
		Cromlechs are at Bulford, Clatford, Littleton Drew, and Monkton Fields.
		Ancient British boundaries are presented in Wans Dyke and Bokerley Ditch.
		An ancient British road is the Ridge Way.
	www.uk-genealogy.org.uk /england/Wiltshire/gazetteer.html (921 words)

	Newsletters 67
		We will visit Martin Green's museum and farm which has a multitude of sites including the famous sink-hole or shaft, 10 metres in diameter and over 25 metres deep.
		Bokerley Dyke, the Dorset Cursus and Knowlton Church/Henge are nearby.
		The coach charge including the farm/museum entry fee is expected to be £15.
	www.sanhs.org /Newsletter67.htm (8075 words)

	The Birdman of Gunton \| (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Species encountered were a fresh Brown Argus, up to 8 Green Hairstreaks, 3 Common Blues and a female Orange tip.
		On the way back 4 more mall Blues were seen by the gate After lunch the Bokerley Dyke was explored because of the possibility of Marsh Fritillary.
		En route an Adonis Blue was found along with more Grizzled Skippers and Green Hairstreaks.
	www.freewebs.com /jameswright/dorsettripreport2005.htm (942 words)

	Bibliography for HS2306 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Bowden, M and McOmish D 1987 'The Required Barrier', Scot Archaeol Rev 4, 76-84.
		Bowen, H C 1990 The Archaeology of Bokerley Dyke.
		Bradley, R, Entwhistle, R and Raymond, F 1994 Prehistoric Land Divisions on Salisbury Plain: The work of the Wessex Linear Ditches Project.
	www.cf.ac.uk /hisar/modules/HS2306/Hs2306bi.htm (4195 words)

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