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Cross dyke on Chantry Hill is a linear earthwork defence located in Sussex, England. The monument consists of a substantial bank and ditch formation characteristic of Iron Age territorial or defensive boundaries, typical of the period roughly between the 8th and 1st centuries BC. Such dykes served various functions including demarcation of land holdings, control of movement, and protection of settlements or communities, though the precise original purpose of this particular example remains subject to archaeological interpretation. The surviving physical remains demonstrate the scale of labour investment in landscape management during the Iron Age period in southern England.
Cross dyke on Chantry Hill, 470m south of Grey Friars Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015712. View the official record →
Cross dyke on Chantry Hill is a linear earthwork defence located in Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015712.
Cross dyke on Chantry Hill, 470m south of Grey Friars 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 1015712.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Itford Hill style settlement and an Anglo-Saxon barrow field at New Barn Down, 850m north west of Myrtle Grove Farm (3.4 km), Prehistoric flint mine and part of a round barrow cemetery at Blackpatch, 400m north east of Myrtle Grove Farm (3.9 km), Deserted medieval settlement at Upper Barpham Farm (4.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross dyke on Chantry Hill, 470m south of Grey Friars 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 Chantry Hill, 470m south of Grey Friars Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.