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Pook's Dyke is a prehistoric linear boundary earthwork located in the south-eastern vicinity of Itford Hill settlement in Sussex, England. The dyke represents a territorial or defensive division dating to the Bronze Age or Iron Age period, though precise dating remains uncertain without extensive excavation. The earthwork survives as a substantial linear bank and ditch feature, characteristic of prehistoric land management and settlement demarcation in southern England. Its proximity to the Itford Hill settlement, a significant late Bronze Age and Iron Age occupation site, suggests it may have functioned as a boundary demarcating the extent of the settlement's land use or territorial claim during the later prehistoric period.
A prehistoric linear boundary known as Pook's Dyke and the south eastern part of Itford Hill settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014628. View the official record →
Pook's Dyke is a prehistoric linear boundary earthwork located in the south-eastern vicinity of Itford Hill settlement in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014628.
A prehistoric linear boundary known as Pook's Dyke and the south eastern part of Itford Hill settlement 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 1014628.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Multiple ring-ditch at Mount Pleasant, Denton (3 km), Bowl barrow, the north westernmost barrow of a group of six bowl barrows, forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill (4.5 km), Bowl barrow forming part of a linear round barrow cemetery on Rookery Hill (4.6 km).
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