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Cross Dyke on Steep Down is an Iron Age linear earthwork located on the South Downs near Titch Hill Farm in Sussex. The monument comprises a substantial bank and ditch that cuts across the downland landscape, forming a defensive or territorial barrier typical of prehistoric land division and fortification practices. Dating to the Iron Age period, the dyke represents an important example of the engineering capabilities and settlement patterns of Iron Age communities in southern Britain. The earthwork remains substantially visible in the landscape today, preserving evidence of prehistoric land management and possibly serving to control movement across the Downs or to demarcate territorial boundaries between settlements.
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 an Iron Age linear earthwork 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).
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