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Deepdale Cross Ridge Dyke is a linear earthwork located in Yorkshire that dates to the Iron Age or Romano-British period. The monument consists of a bank and ditch aligned across a ridge in the landscape, functioning as a territorial boundary or defensive feature that would have controlled movement along the ridge. Such cross ridge dykes are characteristic of prehistoric and Romano-British land management strategies in northern England, where they often demarcated significant boundaries between communities or protected settlements and their surrounding lands. The surviving earthwork preserves evidence of this period of settlement organisation across the Yorkshire landscape.
Deepdale cross ridge dyke is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011913. View the official record →
Deepdale Cross Ridge Dyke is a linear earthwork located in Yorkshire that dates to the Iron Age or Romano-British period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011913.
Deepdale cross ridge dyke 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 1011913.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 600m west of Newcote Farm (0.5 km), Site of Warter Augustinian Priory (2.7 km), Ousethorpe medieval settlement, moat and mill 310m south of Ousethorpe Farm (3 km).
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