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Cross dyke on Telscombe Tye is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in East Sussex. The monument consists of a substantial bank and ditch that crosses the chalk downland, representing a defensive or territorial boundary of the prehistoric period. Its precise function remains characteristic of such dykes from the Iron Age, which commonly served either as stockade barriers, estate boundaries, or hill fort appendages. The earthwork survives as a visible landscape feature on the South Downs and forms part of the archaeological record documenting pre-Roman settlement patterns in the region.
Cross dyke on Telscombe Tye is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1009945. View the official record →
Cross dyke on Telscombe Tye is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in East Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1009945.
Cross dyke on Telscombe Tye 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 1009945.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pedlersburgh: a bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye (0.8 km), Bowl barrow on Telscombe Tye, 650m south west of Pedlersburgh (1.3 km), Highdole Hill, Romano-British settlement (1.5 km).
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