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Gold Fen Dike Bank is a medieval earthwork comprising a flood defence bank located in the Lincolnshire Fens immediately south west of Ash Cottage. The monument represents the systematic medieval management of the fenland landscape, when local communities constructed and maintained substantial banks to control water levels and protect reclaimed or improved land from inundation. The dike bank survives as a linear earthwork feature characteristic of the extensive dike systems that were developed throughout the Lincolnshire Fens during the medieval period. This form of hydraulic engineering reflects the growing medieval investment in fen drainage and land reclamation that was essential to the economic exploitation of fenland territories.
Medieval dylings and flood defence bank at Gold Fen Dike Bank, immediately south west of Ash Cottage is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017323. View the official record →
Gold Fen Dike Bank is a medieval earthwork comprising a flood defence bank located in the Lincolnshire Fens immediately south west of Ash Cottage. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017323.
Medieval dylings and flood defence bank at Gold Fen Dike Bank, immediately south west of Ash 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 1017323.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Abbey Hills moated site (2.5 km), King's Hill motte and bailey castle (2.5 km), Churchyard cross, All Saints churchyard (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Medieval dylings and flood defence bank at Gold Fen Dike Bank, immediately south west of Ash 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.
Medieval dylings and flood defence bank at Gold Fen Dike Bank, immediately south west of Ash Cottage stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.