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Cross dyke on Bell Hill 610m east of Brooks Farm is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Dorset. The monument consists of a substantial bank and ditch arrangement that crosses the hilltop, characteristic of defensive or territorial boundary structures from the later prehistoric period. Its precise function remains typical of such dykes—whether serving primarily as a boundary marker, cattle barrier, or defensive feature in the context of Iron Age settlement patterns. The earthwork's survival as an upstanding archaeological feature makes it an important record of Iron Age landscape organisation in the region.
Cross dyke on Bell Hill 610m east of Brooks Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019363. View the official record →
Cross dyke on Bell Hill 610m east of Brooks Farm is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019363.
Cross dyke on Bell Hill 610m east of Brooks Farm 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 1019363.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stable Barrow 230m NNE of Frogmore Farm (9.8 km), Bowl barrow 420m north west of Frogmore Farm (9.8 km), Round barrow cemetery on Deverel Down 380m west of Longthorns (10 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross dyke on Bell Hill 610m east of Brooks Farm'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 Bell Hill 610m east of Brooks Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.