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High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg

England
List entry 1018770
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018770
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.1 hectares
Grid reference
NZ 68207 03985, NZ 68207 03985
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

High Stone Dike is a linear earthwork forming part of the ancient defensive system on Castleton Rigg in Yorkshire, England. The dike comprises one of two parallel cross dykes that traverse the ridge, constructed during the Iron Age as a territorial boundary or defensive barrier across the upland landscape. The earthwork survives as a substantial linear bank, characteristic of prehistoric ridge-top fortifications in northern England. Its strategic positioning alongside the companion dyke demonstrates the deliberate engineering of this landscape for control of movement and communication across the moorland terrain.

High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018770. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg?

High Stone Dike is a linear earthwork forming part of the ancient defensive system on Castleton Rigg in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018770.

Who is responsible for protecting High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg?

High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg 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 1018770.

What other scheduled monuments are near High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 560m south west of High Thorgill Farm (7.9 km), Pike Howe round cairn (7.9 km), Horn Ridge cross dyke, cairnfield, round cairn and prehistoric hut circles (8.1 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
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
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Target Zones
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow 560m south west of High Thorgill Farm
7.9 km
Pike Howe round cairn
7.9 km
Horn Ridge cross dyke, cairnfield, round cairn and prehistoric hut circles
8.1 km
Golden Heights round cairn and wayside cross on Rudland Rigg
8.4 km
Upper Rudland Rigg colliery, 1030m south west of Foul Pot Bridge
9.3 km
Northern of four round barrows known as Three Howes
9.7 km
Western of four round barrows known as Three Howes
9.7 km
Two round cairns, one known as Obtrusch, 800m south west of Kneysbeck
9.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg

High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg stands on Ravenscar Group, bedrock that formed in the Bathonian. The rock here is sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around High Stone Dike, southern of two cross dykes on Castleton Rigg

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