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A cross-dyke from Toisland Wold to Vessey Pasture Dale incorporating a bowl barrow is a linear earthwork monument located in Yorkshire, England, that combines Bronze Age and later defensive features within a single archaeological complex. The site includes a bowl barrow of Bronze Age date, demonstrating the reuse and modification of earlier burial monuments for subsequent purposes. The cross-dyke itself represents a later defensive or boundary earthwork that incorporates the existing barrow within its structure, reflecting changing land use and settlement patterns across different periods. This monument illustrates the palimpsest character of the Yorkshire landscape, where successive generations of human activity created layered archaeological deposits spanning from the Bronze Age through later periods.
A cross-dyke from Toisland Wold to Vessey Pasture Dale incorporating a bowl barrow is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007614. View the official record →
A cross-dyke from Toisland Wold to Vessey Pasture Dale incorporating a bowl barrow is a linear earthwork monument located in Yorkshire, England, that combines Bronze Age and later defensive features within a single archaeological complex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007614.
A cross-dyke from Toisland Wold to Vessey Pasture Dale incorporating a bowl barrow 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 1007614.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of double linear boundary dyke 300m north east of Millington Grange Farm (7.4 km), Bowl barrow on Huggate Pasture, 350m north east of Pasture Dale Plantation (7.7 km), Round barrow 250m east of Wold Farm, Bishop Wilton Wold (7.8 km).
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