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Cross Dyke and Hut Platform on the summit of The Lawley is an Iron Age defensive earthwork and settlement site located in Shropshire. The monument comprises a linear dyke, likely constructed as a boundary or defensive fortification, alongside archaeological evidence of domestic occupation in the form of a hut platform dating to the Iron Age period. The site's hilltop location on The Lawley summit reflects the strategic positioning typical of Iron Age settlement patterns in the region, offering commanding views across the surrounding landscape. The earthwork survives as a notable archaeological feature and contributes to understanding of Iron Age settlement and land division in Shropshire.
Cross dyke and hut platform on the summit of The Lawley, 100m south west of OS trig pillar. is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008490. View the official record →
Cross Dyke and Hut Platform on the summit of The Lawley is an Iron Age defensive earthwork and settlement site located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008490.
Cross dyke and hut platform on the summit of The Lawley, 100m south west of OS trig pillar. 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 1008490.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site, ridge and furrow cultivation remains, a post-medieval formal garden and pond bays 600m south east of Court Farm, Gretton (3.6 km), Enclosure and building platform on Nover's Hill, 250m east of Cwmdale Farm (4.6 km), Bowl barrow on summit of Bodbury Hill, 100m north-east of Bodbury Ring (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross dyke and hut platform on the summit of The Lawley, 100m south west of OS trig pillar.'s history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Cross dyke and hut platform on the summit of The Lawley, 100m south west of OS trig pillar. stands on Unnamed Extrusive Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is lava and tuff.