Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for BOKERLEY-DITCH

BOKERLEY-DITCH, an ancient British earthwork in the S of Wilts; extending from Cranbourne chase, across Grims-Ditch to Tippet. It is thought to have been a territorial boundary of the Belgæ. Many relics have been found, and many barrows still occur around it.


(John Marius Wilson, Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (1870-72))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "an ancient British earthwork"   (ADL Feature Type: "historical sites")
Administrative units: Wiltshire AncC

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