Part of the Late Iron Age dyke system around Colchester. The earthwork is aligned north west - south east and extends over a distance of some 150m. The structure of the dyke is best preserved near the centre of the earthwork where the bank measures approximately 11m wide and 1m high (perhaps one quarter of its original height). The ditch, on the southern side of the bank, is 7m wide and has been infilled to a depth of 0.5m. Excavations on some of the other dykes have shown that the dyke ditches originally measured up to 4m deep.<1>