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Cross-dyke on Barrister's Plain, 800m south east of Narnell's Rock

England
List entry 1007703
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007703
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.33 hectares
Grid reference
SO 42594 92742
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cross-dyke on Barrister's Plain is an Iron Age linear earthwork located in Shropshire, England. The monument consists of a defensive ditch and bank system characteristic of prehistoric boundary and fortification features of the first millennium BCE. Such dykes served practical purposes in controlling movement across the landscape and marking territorial divisions during the Iron Age period. The site's survival as an upstanding earthwork makes it a valuable record of prehistoric land organisation and settlement patterns in the region.

Cross-dyke on Barrister's Plain, 800m south east of Narnell's Rock is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007703. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Cross-dyke on Barrister's Plain, 800m south east of Narnell's Rock?

Cross-dyke on Barrister's Plain is an Iron Age linear earthwork located in Shropshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007703.

Who is responsible for protecting Cross-dyke on Barrister's Plain, 800m south east of Narnell's Rock?

Cross-dyke on Barrister's Plain, 800m south east of Narnell's Rock 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 1007703.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cross-dyke on Barrister's Plain, 800m south east of Narnell's Rock?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Botley Stone, a ring cairn on Churchmoor Hill, 600m north-west of Churchmoor Farm. (3.7 km), Bowl barrow on the southern end of The Long Mynd, 630m east of Myndtown. (4.4 km), Bowl barrow at Eaton Farm (6.1 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Cross-dyke on Barrister's Plain, 800m south east of Narnell's Rock

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
Timeline
The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Botley Stone, a ring cairn on Churchmoor Hill, 600m north-west of Churchmoor Farm.
3.7 km
Bowl barrow on the southern end of The Long Mynd, 630m east of Myndtown.
4.4 km
Bowl barrow at Eaton Farm
6.1 km
Enclosed Iron Age farmstead 700m west of Horderley Farm
6.4 km
Upper Barn moat
6.7 km
Ringwork 90m south east of Plowden Mill
7 km
Billings Ring large univallate hillfort
7.4 km
Cheney Longville ringwork
7.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cross-dyke on Barrister's Plain, 800m south east of Narnell's Rock

Cross-dyke on Barrister's Plain, 800m south east of Narnell's Rock stands on Unnamed Metasedimentary Rocks, Neoproterozoic, bedrock that formed in the Neoproterozoic. The rock here is mudstone, sandstone and conglomerate.

The wider landscape

Around Cross-dyke on Barrister's Plain, 800m south east of Narnell's Rock

Offa's DykeArchaeological site · ~8.8 milesWroxeterRoman town · ~13.2 milesBattle of Shrewsbury 1403Battle (1403) · ~15.9 miles
Domesday entry for Minton, Shropshire →
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