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Cross Dyke on Knowle Hill is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Dorset. The monument comprises a substantial bank and ditch formation that extends across the hillside approximately 470 metres south-south-east of East Creech Farm. Such dykes served defensive or territorial purposes during the Iron Age period, and this example represents the kind of landscape division and settlement demarcation characteristic of that era. The earthwork remains visible as an archaeological feature, preserving evidence of Iron Age land use and settlement patterns in the region.
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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross dyke on Knowle Hill, 470m SSE of East Creech 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 Knowle Hill, 470m SSE of East Creech Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.