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Cross Dyke on West Harting Down is an Iron Age linear earthwork located in West Sussex, situated approximately 650 metres south-west of Foxcombe Farm. The monument consists of a bank and ditch arrangement that runs across the downland, representing a form of territorial or defensive boundary typical of the late prehistoric period. Such dykes served various functions including stock control, territorial demarcation, and possibly defence during the Iron Age, when similar linear earthworks were constructed across southern Britain. The site remains an important example of Iron Age landscape engineering and land division practices in the South Downs region.
Cross dyke on West Harting Down, 650m south west of Foxcombe Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015884. View the official record →
Cross Dyke on West Harting Down is an Iron Age linear earthwork located in West Sussex, situated approximately 650 metres south-west of Foxcombe Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015884.
Cross dyke on West Harting Down, 650m south west of Foxcombe 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 1015884.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Castle (8.6 km), Twin bell barrow and a bowl barrow on Asdean Down (8.8 km), Linear boundary 310m north west of the Tansley Stone on Bow Hill (9.1 km).
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