Scheduled MonumentsEnglandLength of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Green Hill between Aberford and the Aberford By-pass

Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Green Hill between Aberford and the Aberford By-pass

England
List entry 1016952
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1016952
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.83 hectares
Grid reference
SE 43499 37685
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Length of linear earthwork is a section of the Aberford Dyke system located at Green Hill between Aberford and the Aberford By-pass in Yorkshire, England. The earthwork forms part of a wider defensive or boundary system of prehistoric or early historic date, comprising linear banks and ditches that extend across the landscape. The surviving feature is visible as an upstanding bank with associated ditch, representing a substantial engineering effort characteristic of Iron Age or Romano-British frontier works. The monument remains significant for understanding territorial organisation and settlement patterns in the Aberford area during antiquity.

Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Green Hill between Aberford and the Aberford By-pass is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1016952. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Green Hill between Aberford and the Aberford By-pass?

Length of linear earthwork is a section of the Aberford Dyke system located at Green Hill between Aberford and the Aberford By-pass in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1016952.

Who is responsible for protecting Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Green Hill between Aberford and the Aberford By-pass?

Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Green Hill between Aberford and the Aberford By-pass 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 1016952.

What other scheduled monuments are near Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Green Hill between Aberford and the Aberford By-pass?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Field Lane between the Aberford By-pass and Humphrey Dale Cottage (0.3 km), Linear earthworks known as Woodhouse Moor Rein and South Dyke, part of the Aberford Dyke system (0.9 km), Iron Age and Romano-British Settlement south of Hungerhills Plantation, Parlington (1.4 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.
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The bedrock under Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Green Hill between Aberford and the Aberford By-pass

Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Green Hill between Aberford and the Aberford By-pass stands on Zechstein Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Permian. The rock here is dolomitised limestone and dolomite.