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Cross Dyke, located 600 metres north west of Easthorpe Farm in Yorkshire, is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date. The monument comprises a substantial ditch with an accompanying bank, characteristic of defensive or territorial boundaries constructed during the later prehistoric period. Such dykes served practical purposes in controlling movement across the landscape and may have functioned as stock enclosures or demarcation lines between communities. The survival of this earthwork as an upstanding archaeological feature provides evidence of Iron Age land use and settlement patterns in the Yorkshire region.
Cross dyke 600m north west of Easthorpe Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016261. View the official record →
Cross Dyke, located 600 metres north west of Easthorpe Farm in Yorkshire, is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016261.
Cross dyke 600m north west of Easthorpe Farm 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 1016261.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 310m NNE of Easthorpe Lodge (1.3 km), Round barrow 250m NNE of Easthorpe Cottages (1.5 km), Round barrow 400m SSW of Low Gaterley Cottages (3.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross dyke 600m north west of Easthorpe Farm'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 600m north west of Easthorpe Farm stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.