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Bronze Age, Iron Age linear earthwork, univallate cross dyke, measuring 5.7 ft from top to bottom, 32.8 ft wide and just over half a mile long. The bank measuring between 1 – 3.2 ft high and the ditch being up to 3.2 ft deep, with a counterscarp by the main bank.
1789 The body of the wife of John Walford was found in the ditch, hence it’s name.
19th C Hedge planted on part of the site.
1965 Field Investigation.
1971 Aerial Photograph.
1994 25th March: Scheduled.
2001 Surveyed by Somerset County Council.
2001 Excavated.
2003 Field Investigation.