What is Nico Ditch?
{{Infobox monument |name=Nico Ditch |image=NicoDitch.jpg |caption=Nico Ditch running west near [[Levenshulme]] |location=[[Greater Manchester]], England |designer=[[Anglo-Saxon England|Anglo-Saxons]] |type=Ditch and earthwork |length={{convert|6|mi|abbr=on}} |width={{convert|4-5|yards}} |complete=5th – 11th century |dismantled=Large sections lost to [[Industrial Revolution|urban expansion]] |coordinates={{coord|53.4508|-2.1769|region:GB_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} }} '''Nico Ditch''' is a long earthwork in [[Greater Manchester]], England. It's about six miles (9.7 km) in length and runs between [[Ashton-under-Lyne]] and [[Stretford]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nico Ditch, Platt Fields Park, Manchester|url=https://lancashirepast.com/2016/12/10/nico-ditch-platt-fields-park-manchester/|access-date=11 October 2023|website=Lancashire Past}}</ref> People made this earthwork between the 5th and 11th century. They might have built it as a defense or to show where one area ends and another begins. Some parts of the ditch are still there today, where it stretches for about 330 yards (300 m), in [[Denton, Greater Manchester|Denton]] Golf Course. In places where it's still visible, the ditch is 4 to 5 yards (3.7 to 4.6 m) wide and up to 5 feet (1.5 m) deep. The government has given protection to a part of this earthwork because it's very old and important. They call it a [[Scheduled monument|Scheduled Ancient Monument]]. == References == {{Reflist}} [[Category:History of Manchester]] {{UK-stub}}