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Cross dyke on Woolavington Down is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date, located on the South Downs near Lavington in West Sussex. The monument consists of a substantial bank and ditch alignment running across the downland landscape, characteristic of defensive or boundary features constructed during the prehistoric period. Such dykes typically served to control movement across the chalk uplands, either for defensive purposes or to demarcate territorial boundaries between settlements. The earthwork remains a significant example of Iron Age land organisation on the Sussex Downs, preserving evidence of how prehistoric communities structured and controlled access to the downland landscape.
Cross dyke on Woolavington Down, 600m south of Lavington House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015963. View the official record →
Cross dyke on Woolavington Down is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date, located on the South Downs near Lavington in West Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015963.
Cross dyke on Woolavington Down, 600m south of Lavington House 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 1015963.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long Down prehistoric flint mine (6.5 km), Causewayed enclosure, World War II searchlight emplacements and associated remains on Halnaker Hill (6.7 km), Halnaker House: a fortified medieval manor house and part of its landscaped grounds (7.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross dyke on Woolavington Down, 600m south of Lavington House'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 Woolavington Down, 600m south of Lavington House stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.