An undershot water wheel turned by the mill fleam served the purpose. The tail race was also called a fleam or a leat. The others are Devil's Dyke, Fleam Dyke and Brent Ditch. Much of its western border follows the Fleam Dyke. The Saxon Fleam Dyke runs close by the village. The others are Devil's Dyke, Fleam Dyke and Bran Ditch. Fleam Dyke is a linear earthwork between Fulbourn and Balsham in Cambridgeshire. The other Cambridgeshire dykes include Fleam Dyke, Brent Ditch and Bran Ditch. To that extent, Fleam Dyke, Flendish Hundred and Fulbourn have their place in history.