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Double Dikes is a linear dyke system located within Waterloo Plantation in Yorkshire. The monument comprises parallel earthwork banks characteristic of medieval or post-medieval field boundary systems, constructed to demarcate land divisions or control livestock movement across the landscape. The precise dating of the dykes remains uncertain, though such linear features are commonly associated with medieval agricultural reorganisation and estate management in northern England. The surviving earthworks represent important evidence of historical land use patterns and the evolution of the Yorkshire countryside.
Linear dyke known as Double Dikes, in Waterloo Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019346. View the official record →
Double Dikes is a linear dyke system located within Waterloo Plantation in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019346.
Linear dyke known as Double Dikes, in Waterloo Plantation 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 1019346.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow 350m north west of Grimston Grange (7.7 km), Round barrow on Grimston Moor 600m north east of Grimston Grange (7.8 km), Round barrow on Grimston Moor 350m north east of Black Gill Plantation (7.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Linear dyke known as Double Dikes, in Waterloo Plantation'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 known as Double Dikes, in Waterloo Plantation stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.