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Cross dyke on Steep Down is a linear earthwork of prehistoric date located on the South Downs near Titch Hill Farm in Sussex. The monument consists of a substantial bank and ditch that cuts across the downland, representing a territorial or defensive boundary of Iron Age or earlier prehistoric origin. Such linear dykes are characteristic features of the chalk downlands of southern England and typically served to demarcate land holdings, control movement, or provide defensive protection for settled communities. The earthwork remains substantially visible as an archaeological feature on the landscape, preserving evidence of prehistoric land use and social organisation in the region.
Cross dyke on Steep Down, 600m north east of Titch Hill Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018565. View the official record →
Cross dyke on Steep Down is a linear earthwork of prehistoric date located on the South Downs near Titch Hill Farm in Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018565.
Cross dyke on Steep Down, 600m north east of Titch Hill 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 1018565.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross dyke on Steep Down, 700m north east of Beggars Bush (0.7 km), Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow (2.5 km), Shoreham Airfield dome trainer, 240m south west of Sussex Pad Hotel (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross dyke on Steep Down, 600m north east of Titch Hill 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 Steep Down, 600m north east of Titch Hill Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.