Dead Woman's Ditch

Dead Womans Ditch (geograph 2880447)

Dead Woman's Ditch is an earthwork and listed scheduled ancient monument in Over Stowey, Somerset, situated on the Quantock Hills.

A linear earthwork consisting of a bank with a ditch along the W side running for approximately 950m from a spring known as Lady's Fountain across Robin Uprights Hill and down into Ramscombe.[1] The earthwork is presumed to be of prehistoric origin and is of unknown purpose.

The earthwork has been cut through by later tracks and a road.[2] It is badly eroded in places and is on the English Heritage 'At Risk' Register.[3] Dead Woman's Ditch is sometimes associated with the Murder of Sarah Walford by her husband John in 1789 but the name predates the murder, appearing on an earlier map.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Historic England. "DEAD WOMANS DITCH (189513)". PastScape. Retrieved 4 September 2015.
  2. ↑ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1008254)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  3. ↑ "English Heritage". Retrieved 7 September 2015.
  4. ↑ Grinsell (1976). Prehistoric Sites in the Quantock Country. p. 19.

Coordinates: 51°08′1″N 3°12′00″W / 51.13361°N 3.20000°W / 51.13361; -3.20000


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