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Cross dyke 900m west of Backleys Farm is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Yorkshire. The monument consists of a substantial bank and ditch aligned across the landscape, typical of the defensive or territorial boundaries constructed during the pre-Roman Iron Age period. Such dykes served practical purposes in controlling movement across the terrain and may have functioned as cattle enclosures or markers of territorial divisions within Iron Age communities. The survival of the earthwork provides evidence of Iron Age land management and settlement patterns in the region.
Cross dyke 900m west of Backleys Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020534. View the official record →
Cross dyke 900m west of Backleys Farm is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020534.
Cross dyke 900m west of Backleys 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 1020534.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow 530m north of Keeper's Cottage (6.9 km), Round barrow 470m north of Keeper's Cottage (6.9 km), Round barrow 570m south east of Warren House (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross dyke 900m west of Backleys 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 900m west of Backleys Farm stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.