Bokerley Dyke

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Tom Elliott

Last modified Aug 12, 2025 12:49 PM — History

A Romano-British defensive dyke ca. 3.25 miles (5.2 km) long located in northeast Dorset.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/409109463

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
50.970574795, -1.93770417043

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Bokerley Ditch (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Bokerley Dyke (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Bokerley Dyke makes connections with:

None

Bokerley Dyke receives connections from:

None

Place type:
earthwork

References:

See Further:

Wikipedia (English) Bokerley Dyke

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Bokerley Dyke: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/409109463> [accessed: 10 February 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/409109463 |title=Places: 409109463 (Bokerley Dyke) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=February 10, 2026 1:14 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}