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Belgic Oppidum (aka Wheathampstead earthwork) is an Iron Age defensive enclosure, situated on a hilltop overlooking the River Lea near Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire. An irregular area of about 100 acres is defined by two massive ditches, the Devil's Dyke (130ft wide and 40ft deep in places) to the west and The Slad to the east, probably originally continued around the south. Excavations in the 1930s established a late Iron Age date, 1st century BC, with possible contemporary occupation including a hearth with Belgic pottery. Hence the suggestion that this as a Belgic settlement or "oppidum". It is within the council area of St Albans (Hertfordshire).
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1003521.

Place Type: Prehistoric Monument
Historic County: Hertfordshire
Lat, Long: 51.805995,-0.28500072
Grid Reference: TL 1834 1331
Civil Parish: Wheathampstead CP
Council Area: St Albans CA (Hertfordshire CA)
Police Area: Hertfordshire PA

GBPN ID: 299851
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Belgic_Oppidum,_Hertfordshire_299851

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