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Cross-dyke, field bank, ridge and furrow and hut structures 400m south of High Park House is a complex of archaeological remains located in Shropshire. The site comprises multiple elements indicative of medieval land use and settlement, including a cross-dyke (a linear earthwork), field boundaries marked by banks, ridge and furrow cultivation patterns, and structural evidence of domestic occupation through hut platforms or foundations. These features collectively suggest sustained agricultural and residential activity during the medieval period, with the field systems and hut structures reflecting the organisation of a working rural settlement. The preservation of these varied earthwork types at a single location provides evidence for medieval land management practices and the spatial relationship between domestic settlement and the surrounding cultivated landscape.
Cross-dyke, field bank, ridge and furrow and hut structures 400m south of High Park House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009316. View the official record →
Cross-dyke, field bank, ridge and furrow and hut structures 400m south of High Park House is a complex of archaeological remains located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009316.
Cross-dyke, field bank, ridge and furrow and hut structures 400m south of High Park 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 1009316.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte castle 80m north east of Home Farm (6.2 km), Bowl barrow on Synald's Knoll, 520m SSE of the Midland Gliding clubhouse. (6.9 km), Roman villa 200yds (180m) N of Acton Scott Hall (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross-dyke, field bank, ridge and furrow and hut structures 400m south of High Park House'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, field bank, ridge and furrow and hut structures 400m south of High Park House stands on Unnamed Metasedimentary Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and conglomerate.