Descriptive Gazetteer Entry for Wansdyke

Wansdyke, ancient British road, 80 miles long, from Andover in Hants, W. through Wilts, to Portishead in Somerset; was originally called Wodensdic, and was made by the Belgf as their north boundary.


(John Bartholomew, Gazetteer of the British Isles (1887))

Linked entities:
Feature Description: "ancient British road"   (ADL Feature Type: "roadways")
Administrative units: Somerset AncC       Wiltshire AncC
Place names: WANSDYKE     |     WODENSDIC
Place: Wansdyke

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