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A cross-dyke from Birdsall Brow to Vessey Pasture Dale is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Yorkshire, England. The monument comprises a substantial ditch and bank system that extends across the landscape between the named locations, forming part of a wider defensive or territorial system characteristic of the period. The cross-dyke incorporates two bowl barrows within or adjacent to its line, demonstrating how later Iron Age linear works sometimes respected or incorporated earlier Bronze Age funerary monuments. A further cross-dyke extends from Water Dale, indicating that this area was subject to organised landscape division and boundary demarcation during the Iron Age, likely serving purposes of stock control, territorial definition, or defensive strategy typical of contemporary upland settlement patterns.
A cross-dyke from Birdsall Brow to Vessey Pasture Dale incorporating two bowl barrows and a cross-dyke extending from Water Dale is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007444. View the official record →
A cross-dyke from Birdsall Brow to Vessey Pasture Dale is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007444.
A cross-dyke from Birdsall Brow to Vessey Pasture Dale incorporating two bowl barrows and a cross-dyke extending from Water Dale is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1007444.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (7.5 km), Round barrow 250m east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (7.5 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 350m north east of Pasture Dale Plantation (8.2 km).
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