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Cross dyke on Knowle Hill is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Dorset. The monument consists of a substantial bank and ditch running across high ground south-southeast of East Creech Farm, positioned to command the landscape and control movement along the ridge. Such dykes served defensive or territorial functions during the Iron Age, potentially marking the boundary of a settlement or controlling access to valuable grazing land on the downs. The earthwork survives as a prominent archaeological feature and remains an important example of Iron Age land management and settlement hierarchy in Dorset.
Cross dyke on Knowle Hill, 470m SSE of East Creech Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014842. View the official record →
Cross dyke on Knowle Hill is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014842.
Cross dyke on Knowle Hill, 470m SSE of East Creech 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 1014842.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Swyre Head (3.7 km), Alum works, other multi-period industrial remains and an associated group of jetties and breakwaters, Kimmeridge Bay (4.1 km), Kingston Down Romano-British farm (4.8 km).
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