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Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm

England
List entry 1018772
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018772
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.55 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 73504 03474, NZ 73397 03629
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Hart Leap cross dyke is a linear earthwork monument located on Glaisdale Rigg in North Yorkshire, positioned approximately 240 to 410 metres north of Highdale Farm. The monument consists of a ditch and bank structure that traverses the moorland landscape, characteristic of cross dykes found across northern England. Such dykes are typically interpreted as prehistoric or early medieval boundary features, though precise dating for this particular example remains uncertain without detailed archaeological investigation. The Hart Leap cross dyke represents the type of territorial or pastoral division common to the upland regions of Yorkshire during periods when such linear earthworks served to demarcate land holdings or control stock movement across open moorland.

Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018772. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm?

Hart Leap cross dyke is a linear earthwork monument located on Glaisdale Rigg in North Yorkshire, positioned approximately 240 to 410 metres north of Highdale Farm. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018772.

Who is responsible for protecting Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm?

Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm 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 1018772.

What other scheduled monuments are near Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 390m south east of Lower Row Mires (7.3 km), Round barrow 560m south west of High Thorgill Farm (7.9 km), Pike Howe round cairn (8.6 km).

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Overview
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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
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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
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow 390m south east of Lower Row Mires
7.3 km
Round barrow 560m south west of High Thorgill Farm
7.9 km
Pike Howe round cairn
8.6 km
Northern of four round barrows known as Three Howes
8.9 km
Western of four round barrows known as Three Howes
9 km
Eastern of four round barrows known as Three Howes
9 km
Hollins Mine and Bank Top iron calcining kilns
9 km
Southern of four round barrows known as Three Howes
9.1 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm

Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Hart Leap cross dyke on Glaisdale Rigg, 240m and 410m north of Highdale Farm

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