| Car Dyke | |
|---|---|
 A broad section of the Car Dyke near Waterbeach in high summer | |
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| Specifications | |
| Length | 92 km (57 miles) |
| Status | part watered, part ancient monument |
| History | |
| Date completed | Roman period |
The Car Dyke was, and to a large extent still is, a long ditch which runs along the western edge of the Fens in eastern England for a distance of over 57 miles (92 km).[1] 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. The name derives from carr, a fourteenth-century word for marsh or drained land.[2][3]
- ^ Grigg, Erik (2015). Early Medieval Dykes (Thesis). University of Manchester. p. 59.
- ^ Allan, Thomas (1830). The History of the County of Lincoln. Leeds: John Saunders. p. 6. OCLC 557541715.
- ^ "car, carr". Oxford English Dictionary (Online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/OED/8312280247. (Subscription or participating institution membership required.)