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Cross-ridge dyke on Rawston Down is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date situated in Dorset. The monument consists of a substantial bank and ditch running across the downland, typical of cross-ridge dykes constructed to control livestock movement and define territorial boundaries during the later prehistoric period. Such dykes commonly block natural routeways across chalk downland and represent significant investment in landscape management by Iron Age communities. The work remains visible as an archaeological feature recording patterns of land use and settlement organisation in southern Britain during the first millennium before the Common Era.
Cross-ridge dyke on Rawston Down is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002462. View the official record →
Cross-ridge dyke on Rawston Down is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date situated in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002462.
Cross-ridge dyke on Rawston Down 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 1002462.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including A shrunken medieval village and earlier prehistoric settlement remains at Walnut Tree Field (6.9 km), Medieval standing cross 15m south west of St Mary's Church (7 km), Remains of medieval standing cross adjacent to St Mary's Church, Almer (7.6 km).
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