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Cross ridge dyke 140m north and 70m south of Hatts Barn is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Dorset. The monument consists of a bank and ditch formation that traverses the landscape in the characteristic manner of cross ridge dykes, which functioned as territorial boundaries or stock control features during prehistory and the Iron Age period. The dyke's precise alignment and construction suggest deliberate landscape division by communities managing pastoral resources or demarcating settlement boundaries. Such earthworks are typical of the later prehistoric period in southern England and form part of the broader pattern of linear land divisions found across Dorset's chalk downlands.
Cross ridge dyke 140m north and 70m south of Hatts Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020610. View the official record →
Cross ridge dyke 140m north and 70m south of Hatts Barn is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020610.
Cross ridge dyke 140m north and 70m south of Hatts Barn 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 1020610.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pimperne Long Barrow (8.4 km), Bowl barrow 200m south east of Pimperne Long Barrow (8.7 km), Enclosure S of Pimperne Down (9.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Cross ridge dyke 140m north and 70m south of Hatts Barn'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 ridge dyke 140m north and 70m south of Hatts Barn stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.