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Cross dyke on Tottington Mount is a linear earthwork of prehistoric date located in the Weald of Sussex. The monument comprises a substantial bank and ditch that runs across the hillside, functioning as a territorial or defensive boundary during the Iron Age or Bronze Age period. Such dykes are characteristic of prehistoric land management and are thought to have demarcated important divisions in the landscape, possibly associated with pastoral or agricultural activity. The earthwork remains visible as a prominent topographical feature on Tottington Mount, surviving as evidence of early settlement and resource organisation in the Sussex Weald.
Cross dyke on Tottington Mount, 550m south east of Tottington Manor Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016811. View the official record →
Cross dyke on Tottington Mount is a linear earthwork of prehistoric date located in the Weald of Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016811.
Cross dyke on Tottington Mount, 550m south east of Tottington Manor 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 1016811.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cross dyke on Beeding Hill, 1100m north west of New Erringham Farm Cottages (2.2 km), Martin Down style enclosure, bowl barrow, Iron Age hillfort, Romano-British village and associated field system on Thundersbarrow Hill (3.2 km), Bowl barrow on Scabes Castle (3.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross dyke on Tottington Mount, 550m south east of Tottington Manor 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 Tottington Mount, 550m south east of Tottington Manor Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.