New Ditch

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| location =Butleigh, Somerset, England

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| designation1 =Scheduled Ancient Monument

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| designation1_number =Somerset 447

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New Ditch is a linear earthwork of possible Iron Age or Medieval construction. It partially crosses the Polden Hills in woodlands approximately {{convert|1.1|mi}} south-west from the village of Butleigh in Somerset, England.

Its construction is similar to Ponter's Ball Dyke 3 miles to the northeast, with the dyke on the south east of the embankment, but of less massive construction. Both were probably part of a more extensive defence scheme. It is nearly half a mile in length and was probably of greater extent originally, but as it stands, New Ditch cannot be termed a cross-ridge dyke although it does seem to be a boundary work.{{cite web|title=New Ditch|url=http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=196813&sort=4&search=all&criteria=new%20ditch&rational=q&recordsperpage=10#|work=PastScape|publisher=English Heritage|accessdate=15 April 2011}}

It is debatable whether this site is ancient because it is located close to a medieval woodland and a deer park.{{cite web | url=http://www.somersetheritage.org.uk/record/23193 | title=New Ditch, Butleigh Wood, Butleigh | work=Somerset Historic Environment Record | publisher=Somerset County Council | accessdate=15 January 2011}}{{cite web|title=Excavation of a Romano-British Site, Butleigh|url=http://www.absolutearchaeology.co.uk/Butleigh%20Report%202009%20Season%20%28web%29.pdf|work=|publisher=Absolute Archaeology|accessdate=14 April 2011}}