Devil's Dyke is the remains of a prehistoric defensive ditch which lies at the east side of the village of Wheathampstead, Hertfordshire, England. It is protected as a Scheduled Monument. It is generally agreed to have been part of the defences of an Iron Age settlement belonging to the Catuvellauni tribe of Ancient Britain. It has possible associations with Julius Caesar's second invasion of Britain
Historic England refers to the Devil's Dyke as being part of a much larger site.
Other sources are more specific as to what sort of earthwork it may be, suggesting that the dyke protects one side of an oppidum covering about 40 ha. The area is marked as a "Belgic oppidum" on Ordnance Survey maps.
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