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Cross-dyke on Ratlinghope Hill is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date situated in the upland landscape of south Shropshire. The monument comprises a substantial bank and ditch that cuts across the hillside, functioning as a territorial or defensive boundary marker characteristic of the later Iron Age period in the Welsh Marches. Such cross-dykes are interpreted as significant landscape features that controlled movement and access through challenging terrain, reflecting organised land management and possibly the demarcation of tribal territories or estate boundaries during the centuries immediately preceding the Roman conquest.
Cross-dyke on Ratlinghope Hill, 740m north of Brow Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007699. View the official record →
Cross-dyke on Ratlinghope Hill is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date situated in the upland landscape of south Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007699.
Cross-dyke on Ratlinghope Hill, 740m north of Brow 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 1007699.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Synald's Knoll, 1000m south of the Midland Gliding clubhouse. (7 km), Two conjoined ring cairns on Synald's Knoll, 140m north-west of OS trig pillar. (7.2 km), Bowl barrow 80m north-west of OS trig pillar on Synald's Knoll. (7.3 km).
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