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Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch is a linear earthwork located on the Dorset downs. This type of monument typically dates from the Iron Age and represents a territorial or land division boundary, constructed as a bank and ditch to control movement across the landscape. The dyke runs across the ridge at Windsbatch, demonstrating the strategic importance of such features in prehistoric land management and settlement patterns. As with many cross-ridge dykes on the chalk downlands of southern England, it reflects the organisation of agricultural and pastoral communities during the later prehistoric period.
Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002753. View the official record →
Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch is a linear earthwork located on the Dorset downs. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002753.
Cross-ridge dyke on Windsbatch 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 1002753.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Humpty Dumpty Field, Radipole (3.7 km), Multi-period archaeological landscape centred on and including a slight univallate hillfort called Chalbury, two bowl barrows, part of a Bronze Age urnfield and a series of medieval strip fields (4 km), Langton Cross: a wayside cross 850m south west of Tatton House (4.2 km).
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