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Linear dyke extending for 2.1km from Fryton West Wood to Slingsby Banks Wood is a substantial earthwork monument located in North Yorkshire. The dyke comprises a linear bank and ditch construction that traverses the landscape between the two named woodland areas, representing a significant example of boundary or defensive earthwork characteristic of the medieval or later prehistoric periods. Such linear dykes typically functioned as territorial boundaries, stock enclosures, or defensive barriers, though the precise chronology and original purpose of this particular monument would require archaeological investigation to establish with certainty. The survival of the earthwork across 2.1 kilometres indicates a substantial commitment to landscape division or management by its original constructors.
Linear dyke extending for 2.1km from Fryton West Wood to Slingsby Banks Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013697. View the official record →
Linear dyke extending for 2.1km from Fryton West Wood to Slingsby Banks Wood is a substantial earthwork monument located in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013697.
Linear dyke extending for 2.1km from Fryton West Wood to Slingsby Banks Wood 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 1013697.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow at Coronation Clump (4.1 km), Round barrow 310m NNE of Easthorpe Lodge (4.4 km), Round barrow 250m NNE of Easthorpe Cottages (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Linear dyke extending for 2.1km from Fryton West Wood to Slingsby Banks Wood'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.
Linear dyke extending for 2.1km from Fryton West Wood to Slingsby Banks Wood stands on Kellaways Formation And Oxford Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.