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Cross dyke 450m west of Cherhill Monument is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located on the chalk downland of north Wiltshire. The monument consists of a substantial bank and ditch that runs across the landscape, forming a defensive or territorial boundary typical of the prehistoric period. Its proximity to Cherhill Monument, a Neolithic long barrow, indicates the long history of settlement and land management in this area of the Wessex chalk. The dyke represents the kind of territorial division and landscape organisation that characterised Iron Age communities in southern Britain.
Cross dyke 450m west of Cherhill Monument is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018423. View the official record →
Cross dyke 450m west of Cherhill Monument is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located on the chalk downland of north Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018423.
Cross dyke 450m 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 1018423.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow forming part of a cemetery 800m east of Kitchen Barrow (5.6 km), Oliver's Camp and two round barrows outside Oliver's Camp (6.3 km), Bowl barrow 60m east of Roundway Hill Covert (6.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross dyke 450m 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 450m west of Cherhill Monument stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.