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Cross dyke 850m WSW of Baysdale Farm is a scheduled monument in Yorkshire, England. This earthwork defence follows the ridge-top landscape of the North York Moors, where underlying Ravenscar Group sandstones, siltstones and mudstones of Bathonian age form the geological foundation. The dyke represents a linear fortification typical of Iron Age or Romano-British defensive strategy, constructed to control movement along elevated terrain.
The monument occupies 0.38 hectares and stands at grid reference NZ 60750 06650. Located west-south-west of Baysdale Farm, it commands the exposed moorland where bedrock geology creates natural drainage patterns that would have influenced both its construction and defensive effectiveness. The surrounding landscape of heather moorland and open moorland pasture preserves the monument within its original topographical setting.
Protection under Historic England's scheduled monument register (reference 1014373) recognises the dyke's archaeological significance and ensures preservation of its physical structure. The monument contributes to understanding defensive land-use and territorial organisation across the northern Pennine uplands during prehistory or the Romano-British period, though detailed chronology remains dependent on future archaeological investigation of the site.
Cross dyke 850m WSW of Baysdale Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014373. View the official record →
Cross dyke 850m WSW of Baysdale Farm is a scheduled monument in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014373.
Cross dyke 850m WSW of Baysdale 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 1014373.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wayside cross known as Stump Cross on Bransdale Ridge (8.5 km), Round barrow 1000m ESE of High Ellermire Farm (8.6 km), Northern of four round barrows known as Three Howes, 750m north east of Toad Hole (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross dyke 850m WSW of Baysdale 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 850m WSW of Baysdale Farm stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.