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Length of linear earthwork is a section of the Aberford Dyke system in Yorkshire, England, situated at Field Lane between the Aberford By-pass and Humphrey Dale Cottage. The monument comprises a linear earthwork forming part of a larger defensive system of Iron Age or Romano-British date that extends across the landscape near Aberford. This stretch of the dyke survives as an upstanding bank and ditch feature, representing the physical remains of ancient territorial or defensive boundaries characteristic of prehistoric and Romano-British settlement patterns in Yorkshire. The Aberford Dyke system represents an important archaeological witness to early settlement organisation and land division in the region.
Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Field Lane between the Aberford By-pass and Humphrey Dale Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019873. View the official record →
Length of linear earthwork is a section of the Aberford Dyke system in Yorkshire, England, situated at Field Lane between the Aberford By-pass and Humphrey Dale Cottage. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019873.
Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Field Lane between the Aberford By-pass and Humphrey Dale Cottage 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 1019873.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Green Hill between Aberford and the Aberford By-pass (0.3 km), Linear earthworks known as Woodhouse Moor Rein and South Dyke, part of the Aberford Dyke system (0.8 km), Length of linear earthworks known as Becca Banks and The Ridge, part of the Aberford Dyke system, between Aberford and a quarry 590m north of Ass Bridge (1.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Field Lane between the Aberford By-pass and Humphrey Dale Cottage's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Length of linear earthwork, part of the Aberford Dyke system, at Field Lane between the Aberford By-pass and Humphrey Dale Cottage stands on Zechstein Group, bedrock that formed in the Late Permian. The rock here is dolomitised limestone and dolomite.