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Cross dyke 480m and 690m NNW of Fontmell Hill House is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Dorset. The monument comprises two separate sections of a defensive ditch and bank system positioned on the landscape north-northwest of Fontmell Hill House. Such dykes are characteristic of the Iron Age period and typically functioned as territorial boundaries, stock control features, or defensive works associated with settlement patterns of the time. The earthwork remains visible as a ridge and furrow feature within the modern landscape, representing an important element of the prehistoric field system and settlement hierarchy of the Dorset chalklands.
Cross dyke 480m and 690m NNW of Fontmell Hill House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019028. View the official record →
Cross dyke 480m and 690m NNW of Fontmell Hill House is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019028.
Cross dyke 480m and 690m NNW of Fontmell Hill House 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 1019028.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Enclosure S of Pimperne Down (7.6 km), Bowl barrow 200m south east of Pimperne Long Barrow (7.6 km), Medieval standing cross 50m east of St Peter's Church (8 km).
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