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Cross dyke on Gerrick Moor, 690m north west of Black Beck Swang

England
List entry 1016992
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016992
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.5 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 70328 11403
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Cross dyke on Gerrick Moor is a linear earthwork monument situated on high moorland in Yorkshire. The dyke takes the form of a substantial bank and ditch, characteristic of defensive or boundary works constructed during the Iron Age or Romano-British period. Such moorland dykes served strategic functions as territorial markers, livestock enclosures, or defensive barriers protecting against incursion across exposed upland terrain. The monument remains a significant example of prehistoric or Romano-British land management and fortification practices in the northern Pennine region.

Cross dyke on Gerrick Moor, 690m north west of Black Beck Swang is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016992. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Cross dyke on Gerrick Moor, 690m north west of Black Beck Swang?

Cross dyke on Gerrick Moor is a linear earthwork monument situated on high moorland in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016992.

Who is responsible for protecting Cross dyke on Gerrick Moor, 690m north west of Black Beck Swang?

Cross dyke on Gerrick Moor, 690m north west of Black Beck Swang 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 1016992.

What other scheduled monuments are near Cross dyke on Gerrick Moor, 690m north west of Black Beck Swang?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Southern Pind Howe round barrow on Danby Rigg, 700m east of Rock House (7.2 km), High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg (7.7 km), Wolf Pit round barrow at the southern end of Danby Rigg, 810m south east of Falcon Farm (7.8 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.
Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Southern Pind Howe round barrow on Danby Rigg, 700m east of Rock House
7.2 km
High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg
7.7 km
Wolf Pit round barrow at the southern end of Danby Rigg, 810m south east of Falcon Farm
7.8 km
Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm
8.4 km
Cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 520m and 250m west of Highdale Farm
8.7 km
Wayside Cross called Botton Cross on Danby High Moor
9.4 km
Western Howes round barrows, 250m north west of White Cross
9.4 km
Medieval cross reused as a signpost at the top of Caper Hill on the north east side of Glaisdale High Moor
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Cross dyke on Gerrick Moor, 690m north west of Black Beck Swang

Cross dyke on Gerrick Moor, 690m north west of Black Beck Swang stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Cross dyke on Gerrick Moor, 690m north west of Black Beck Swang

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