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Meg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlement

England
List entry 1018813
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1018813
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.17 hectares
Grid reference
SE 04983 17487, SE 05030 17448
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Meg Dike is a late prehistoric enclosed settlement located in Yorkshire, England, dating to the Iron Age period. The monument comprises a defended enclosure formed by substantial earthwork boundaries, characteristic of settlement structures from this era in northern Britain. The site demonstrates the pattern of enclosed habitation common to Iron Age communities, serving both defensive and organisational functions for the resident population. Its preservation as an upstanding earthwork provides evidence of late prehistoric settlement organisation and land use in the Yorkshire landscape.

Meg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018813. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Meg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlement?

Meg Dike is a late prehistoric enclosed settlement located in Yorkshire, England, dating to the Iron Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018813.

Who is responsible for protecting Meg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlement?

Meg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlement 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 1018813.

What other scheduled monuments are near Meg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlement?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Ring cairn known as the Ring of Stones on Ringstone Edge Moor, 800m south of Upper Gosling Royd (0.9 km), Cairnfield on Ringstone Edge Moor, 240m south west of Clay House (1.2 km), Bowl barrow known as Beacon Hill (1.3 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
Spotlight
A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.
Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Ring cairn known as the Ring of Stones on Ringstone Edge Moor, 800m south of Upper Gosling Royd
0.9 km
Cairnfield on Ringstone Edge Moor, 240m south west of Clay House
1.2 km
Bowl barrow known as Beacon Hill
1.3 km
Ripponden (or Waterloo) Bridge
2.5 km
Cambodunum Roman fort and vicus, Slack
3.6 km
Oxygrains packhorse bridge, Rishworth
4.8 km
Close Gate Bridge
5.8 km
Castle Hill motte castle 270m north east of Rosemary Hall
5.9 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Meg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlement

Meg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlement stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Meg Dike late prehistoric enclosed settlement

Battle of Adwalton Moor 1643Battle (1643) · ~12.4 miles
Domesday entry for Stainland, Yorkshire →
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