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Dead Woman's Ditch cross-dyke is a linear earthwork situated on Robin Upright's Hill in Somerset. The monument consists of a ditch with associated banks that runs across the landscape, characteristic of cross-dykes which typically date to the Iron Age period. Such earthworks commonly functioned as territorial boundaries, stock control features, or defensive barriers within the agricultural landscape of prehistoric Somerset. The site remains a significant example of Iron Age land management and settlement pattern organisation in the region.
Dead Woman's Ditch cross-dyke, Robin Upright's Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008254. View the official record →
Dead Woman's Ditch cross-dyke is a linear earthwork situated on Robin Upright's Hill in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1008254.
Dead Woman's Ditch cross-dyke, Robin Upright's Hill 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 1008254.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn 280m south of Triscombe Stone (2.7 km), Two cairns, 780m ESE of Triscombe Farm (3.1 km), Three round cairns on Wills Neck (3.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Dead Woman's Ditch cross-dyke, Robin Upright's Hill'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.
Dead Woman's Ditch cross-dyke, Robin Upright's Hill stands on Middle Devonian (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Middle Devonian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.