The Car Dyke was, and to large extent still is, an eighty-five mile (140 kilometre) long ditch which runs along the western edge of the Fens in eastern England. It is generally accepted as being of Roman age and, for many centuries, to have been taken as marking the western edge of the Fens. There, the consensus begins to break down.
Read more about Car Dyke: Likely Purpose, Fens Waterways Link
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