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Cross dyke on Beeding Hill is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date situated on the South Downs in West Sussex. The monument consists of a substantial bank and ditch alignment running across the hilltop terrain, characteristic of defensive or boundary works constructed during the late prehistoric period. Such dykes are thought to have served territorial or protective functions, possibly demarcating land holdings or controlling movement across the downland landscape. The site remains substantially preserved in the modern landscape and represents important evidence of Iron Age land use and settlement patterns in the South Downs region.
Cross dyke on Beeding Hill, 1100m north west of New Erringham Farm Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018567. View the official record →
Cross dyke on Beeding Hill is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date situated on the South Downs in West Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018567.
Cross dyke on Beeding Hill, 1100m north west of New Erringham Farm Cottages 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 1018567.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Shrunken medieval settlement at Old Erringham (1.5 km), Martin Down style enclosure, bowl barrow, Iron Age hillfort, Romano-British village and associated field system on Thundersbarrow Hill (2.5 km), Shoreham Airfield dome trainer, 240m south west of Sussex Pad Hotel (3.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross dyke on Beeding Hill, 1100m north west of New Erringham Farm Cottages'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 on Beeding Hill, 1100m north west of New Erringham Farm Cottages stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.