Wansdyke (earthwork)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).

Last modified Dec 21, 2024 09:07 PM — History

Wansdyke is a series of Medieval defensive linear earthworks in the West Country of England.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/459592429

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
51.388730032, -1.90072889635

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of White Horse Trail, Mid Wilts Way and Wansdyke Path (earthwork) (AD 640 - AD 1453) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Wansdyke (earthwork) makes connections with:

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Wansdyke (earthwork) receives connections from:

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Place type:
earthwork

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Wansdyke (earthwork): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/459592429> [accessed: 10 February 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/459592429 |title=Places: 459592429 (Wansdyke (earthwork)) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=February 10, 2026 7:45 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}