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Dalesdown Wood earthworks

England

List entry 1005893

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1005893

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

44.93 hectares

Grid reference

SU 99769 09708

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Dalesdown Wood earthworks is a scheduled ancient monument located in Sussex, England. The site comprises linear earthworks and related features that reflect patterns of ancient land use and territorial organisation. The earthworks are believed to date to the prehistoric or early historic period, though precise dating remains subject to archaeological interpretation. The monument's physical characteristics and spatial arrangement provide evidence for understanding the development of settlement and land division in the Sussex landscape during antiquity.

Dalesdown Wood earthworks is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005893. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Dalesdown Wood earthworks?

Dalesdown Wood earthworks is a scheduled ancient monument located in Sussex, England.

Who is responsible for protecting Dalesdown Wood earthworks?

Dalesdown Wood earthworks 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 1005893.

What other scheduled monuments are near Dalesdown Wood earthworks?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including War Dyke entrenchment in Whiteways Plantation and South Wood (1 km), Madehurst Wood earthworks (2.3 km), Goblestubbs Copse earthworks (2.6 km).

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Overview

An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.

Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

Spotlight

A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.

Target Zones

For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.

Timeline

The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

War Dyke entrenchment in Whiteways Plantation and South Wood

1 km

Madehurst Wood earthworks

2.3 km

Goblestubbs Copse earthworks

Tortington Augustinian priory and ponds, including part of priory precinct

3.9 km

Burpham camp

4.3 km

Ringwork 400m NNW of Batworthpark House

4.4 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Dalesdown Wood earthworks

Dalesdown Wood earthworks stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Dalesdown Wood earthworks

ChichesterRoman town · ~9 miles Fishbourne Roman PalaceArchaeological site · ~10.6 miles

Domesday entry for Stoke, Sussex →

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