Onasander 28 Report post Posted May 25, 2014 trench:http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluilian_trench I dont know of any trenches around here that lasted two centuries.... roads cut into bedrock, yeah, but not like, old trenches. For those in Europe, how have the old WW1 trenches held up? I can find old horse trails in the woods here in north America, but they are fading fast from erosion. Every fort from 200 years ago, of wood and dirt, long gone. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pompieus 20 Report post Posted June 12, 2014 Traces of trenches on the battlefields of the American Civil War survive 150 years later at Wilderness, Spotsylvania and Petersburg. Carefully preserved by the War and Interior departments of course. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
caldrail 152 Report post Posted June 29, 2014 You can see defensive earthworks all over southern Engkland, some dating from the early Iron Age. A little eroded perhaps, but unmistakeable. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Onasander 28 Report post Posted July 9, 2014 Are you talking about those hugh Motte and Bailey mounds? Im talking ditches. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bryaxis Hecatee 16 Report post Posted July 9, 2014 you can still see the ditches surrounding Stonehenge when you visit the place and look around you while going to the monument, instead of only starring at it. As for WW1 trenches, you can of course still see them even at ground level, although a lot was backfiled and is thus only visible from the sky. You can actually see individual artillery shell holes from the sky all along the fronts of WW1. You also have various other ditches that can be seen in many other places, including some from the roman time : think of the Antonine wall for exemple. Another typical kind of ditch is the surface iron mining ditches from the iron age you can often find in the forests of France or central Europe. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites