Galley Hill on the left (with barrows, somewhere), Warden Hill on the right, and Drays Ditches would be somewhere in the middle. The Icknield Way passes along the front.
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Apparent boundary earthwork (Scheduled Ancient Monument) at foot of Warden Hill and Galley Hill (bronze age barrows on top of latter), close to Icknield Way
‘One of these Iron Age dykes lies on the [Luton] Borough boundary near Warden Hill. It is known as Drays Ditches and consisted of three V shaped ditches, each 6 feet deep and 15 feet wide, separated from each other by massive palisades of posts and packed chalk.‘
The Story of Luton (1964) – J. Dyer, F. Stygall and J. Dony
In 1540 Leland described Dray’s Ditches, three miles north of Luton, as “longe trenches, as they had been for Men of warre”.
I have not read the original, but found this exerpt in Notes and Queries for January 1962, p2.
Luton Friends of the Earth have been lobbying against road proposals which would damage this monument. See: us.geocities.com/lufoe/LutonLocalPlanInquiryResponseFinalAug04.doc
Sites within 20km of Dray’s Ditches
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Galley Hill (Luton)
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Waulud’s Bank
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Ravensburgh Castle
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Waulud’s Bank Long Barrow
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Telegraph Hill, Lilley
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Wayting Hill
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Sharpenhoe Clappers
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Tingley Field Plantation
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Knocking Knoll
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Blows Down
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The Five Knolls
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Maiden Bower
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Wilbury Hill
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Ickleford Tumulus
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Graffridge Wood
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Bury Farm
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Gallows Hill
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Six Hills
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The Aubreys
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Bowl Barrow (East of Beacon)
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Round Barrow (within Beacon Hill Hillfort)
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Devil’s Dyke and the Slad
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Bowl Barrows (South of Beacon)
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Norton Henge
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The Knolls
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Devil’s Jump Stone
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Moneybury Hill Barrows
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Weston Hill
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Weston Hill
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Bridgewater Monument Barrows
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Devil’s Ditch
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Danesborough Camp
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Beech Bottom Dyke
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Southend Hill
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Clothall
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Prae Wood