Dyke

Dyke or dike may refer to:

General uses

Structures

  • Levee, a natural or artificial slope or wall to regulate water levels
  • Ditch, a water-filled drainage trench
  • A regional term for a dry stone wall

People

Places

Settlements

Earthworks

  • Car Dyke, a Roman boundary ditch in Eastern England
  • Devil's Dyke (disambiguation), one of several ancient embankments or ditches (or both)
  • Foss Dyke, a Roman canal in England linking the River Trent to the River Witham at Lincoln
  • Offa's Dyke, historic earthwork dividing Mercia and Wales
  • Wansdyke, dividing Wessex from the lands southwest of it
  • Wat's Dyke, an earthwork running through the northern Welsh Marches from Basingwerk Abbey to Maesbury

Geological features

See also