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Cross dyke in Great Wood is a linear earthwork of Iron Age or Romano-British date situated in the downland landscape south-west of Stanmer House near Brighton. The monument consists of a substantial bank and ditch aligned roughly north-south across the woodland, characteristic of territorial or defensive boundaries constructed during prehistory or the early Roman period. Such dykes functioned as markers of land division, stock control, or defence, reflecting the organised use of the Sussex landscape by Iron Age communities. The site remains largely in situ within its woodland setting, preserving evidence of early land management practices in the South Downs.
Cross dyke in Great Wood, 500m south west of Stanmer House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020385. View the official record →
Cross dyke in Great Wood is a linear earthwork of Iron Age or Romano-British date situated in the downland landscape south-west of Stanmer House near Brighton. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020385.
Cross dyke in Great Wood, 500m south west of Stanmer 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 1020385.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A cross-ridge dyke and part of an adjoining cross-ridge dyke meeting at Juggs Road near Falmer Bottom (4.3 km), Bowl barrow south of Newmarket Bottom (4.4 km), Whitehawk Camp causewayed enclosure (4.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross dyke in Great Wood, 500m south west of Stanmer 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 in Great Wood, 500m south west of Stanmer House stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.