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Double Dyke

England
List entry 1004834
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004834
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.63 hectares
Grid reference
SK 54863 97890
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Double Dyke is a prehistoric linear earthwork located in Yorkshire. The monument comprises two roughly parallel ditches with associated banks, characteristic of Iron Age territorial or defensive systems in northern England. Such dyke systems typically date to the later prehistoric period and served to divide or demarcate land, control livestock movement, or mark boundaries between communities. The earthwork survives as a substantial archaeological feature, with its dual linear form remaining visible in the landscape and providing evidence of Iron Age land organisation and resource management in the region.

Double Dyke is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004834. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Double Dyke?

Double Dyke is a prehistoric linear earthwork located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004834.

Who is responsible for protecting Double Dyke?

Double 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 1004834.

What other scheduled monuments are near Double Dyke?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Edlington Wood Roman settlement (0.7 km), Conisbrough Castle (3.5 km), Conisbrough Parks Romano-British Villa (3.7 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

Edlington Wood Roman settlement
0.7 km
Conisbrough Castle
3.5 km
Conisbrough Parks Romano-British Villa
3.7 km
Moat Hall moated site and site of external ancillary buildings, Braithwell
3.8 km
Standing cross at the junction of Holywell Lane with High Street, Maltby Lane and Ashton Lane
3.9 km
Site of the Saxon church of Dadesley, 670m south west of Dadsley Wells Farm
5.2 km
Tickhill Castle
6.7 km
Hellaby: a deserted medieval village and well, enclosure, ridge and furrow and post medieval long house
7.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Double Dyke

Double Dyke stands on Zechstein Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Permian. The rock here is dolomitised limestone and dolomite.

Domesday entry for Edlington, Yorkshire →
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