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Cross dyke on Beachy Brow 30m south east of the golf club

England
List entry 1014731
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1014731
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.13 hectares
Grid reference
TV 58599 98606
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cross Dyke on Beachy Brow is a linear earthwork monument situated near the golf club in Sussex. The dyke consists of a substantial bank and ditch construction that represents Iron Age defensive or territorial engineering, typical of fortification systems erected during the pre-Roman period in southern England. Such linear dykes often functioned as boundary markers, stock barriers, or elements of a broader defensive network protecting settlements and agricultural lands. The monument survives as an upstanding earthwork feature and remains designated as an ancient monument of archaeological significance within the Sussex landscape.

Cross dyke on Beachy Brow 30m south east of the golf club is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014731. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Cross dyke on Beachy Brow 30m south east of the golf club?

Cross Dyke on Beachy Brow is a linear earthwork monument situated near the golf club in Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014731.

Who is responsible for protecting Cross dyke on Beachy Brow 30m south east of the golf club?

Cross dyke on Beachy Brow 30m south east of the golf club 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 1014731.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cross dyke on Beachy Brow 30m south east of the golf club?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval farmstead and regular aggregate field system, 805m west of Crapham Barn (1.4 km), Bowl barrow west of Well Combe (1.5 km), Bowl barrow 150m south of Well Combe (1.9 km).

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Overview
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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
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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Medieval farmstead and regular aggregate field system, 805m west of Crapham Barn
1.4 km
Bowl barrow west of Well Combe
1.5 km
Bowl barrow 150m south of Well Combe
1.9 km
Bowl barrow 200m south-east of Well Combe
2 km
Field system on Bullock Down
2.3 km
Three bowl barrows on Heathy Brow
2.4 km
Bowl barrow 500m north-east of Cornish Farm
2.6 km
The Wish Tower: martello tower no 73
2.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cross dyke on Beachy Brow 30m south east of the golf club

Cross dyke on Beachy Brow 30m south east of the golf club stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Cross dyke on Beachy Brow 30m south east of the golf club

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~14.1 milesBattle of Hastings 1066Battle (1066) · ~14.5 miles
Domesday entry for Beverington, Sussex →
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