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Cross Dyke on Steep Down is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located on the South Downs in Sussex, approximately 700 metres north-east of Beggars Bush. The monument comprises a substantial ditch with associated banks, characteristic of defensive or territorial divisions constructed during the Iron Age period. Such dykes typically served to control movement across the landscape, either for defensive purposes or to demarcate land use, and this example forms part of the broader pattern of Iron Age land division evident across the Sussex Downs. The earthwork remains a significant survival of prehistoric land management and defensive strategies on the South Downs.
Cross dyke on Steep Down, 700m north east of Beggars Bush is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018566. View the official record →
Cross Dyke on Steep Down is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located on the South Downs in Sussex, approximately 700 metres north-east of Beggars Bush. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018566.
Cross dyke on Steep Down, 700m north east of Beggars Bush 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 1018566.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross dyke on Steep Down, 600m north east of Titch Hill Farm (0.7 km), Regular aggregate field system with prehistoric and Romano-British farmsteads and a Bronze Age bowl barrow on Park Brow (1.8 km), Cissbury Ring hillfort, prehistoric flint mine and associated remains (2.9 km).
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