Godmanchester town defences
Has been described as a Questionable Urban Defence
There are no visible remains
| Name | Godmanchester town defences |
| Alternative Names | |
| Historic Country | Huntingdonshire |
| Modern Authority | Cambridgeshire |
| 1974 Authority | Cambridgeshire |
| Civil Parish | Godmanchester |
Walled Roman Town received earthwork extension to south-west in C9-C11. In Bond's 'of no post-Conquest importance' list.
At Godmanchester the town ditch could have been part of the defence system on the Ouse to create double burghs. Michael Green has traced the town ditch in West Street, East Chadleigh Lane and Earning Street where it followed the Roman defence ditch (Green 1961). Portions of the walls were maintained at least until the eleventh century appear to date to the eleventh- twelfth century, based on the pottery from the section following Earning Street (Green, Site 11, Appendix 2). The area enclosed by the Saxo-Norman town ditch would fit with the later street pattern described in the Hundred Rolls of 1279. (Cambridgeshire Extensive Urban Survey: Godmanchester)
Not scheduled
Not Listed
County Historic Environment Record
| OS Map Grid Reference | TL248703 |
| Latitude | 52.3188209533691 |
| Longitude | -0.16957999765873 |
| Eastings | 524800 |
| Northings | 270300 |
