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Cross Dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located on the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire. The monument consists of a substantial bank and ditch aligned across the downland landscape, characteristic of the defensive or territorial boundaries constructed during the later prehistoric period. Such dykes typically served to regulate movement across the chalk uplands and may have functioned as cattle barriers or markers of political divisions between communities. The earthwork remains visible as a prominent archaeological feature in the landscape, contributing to the wider complex of Iron Age settlement and land-use evidence in this area of the Wiltshire Downs.
Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018422. View the official record →
Cross Dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located on the Marlborough Downs in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018422.
Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument 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 1018422.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow (5.4 km), Oliver's Camp and two round barrows outside Oliver's Camp (6.4 km), Rybury camp (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Cross dyke 230m south west of Cherhill Monument stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.