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Multiple cross dyke on Little Graffham Bottom is a linear earthwork comprising a series of parallel ditches with associated banks, located in the South Downs landscape of West Sussex. The monument dates to the Iron Age and represents a significant example of defensive or demarcatory linear fortifications characteristic of the later prehistoric period in southern England. The multiple parallel construction suggests either successive phases of refortification or a deliberately impressive defensive system designed to obstruct movement across the downland. Such cross-dyke systems are interpreted as territorial markers, drove-way boundaries, or defensive structures associated with Iron Age settlement patterns and land management in the region.
Multiple cross dyke on Little Graffham Bottom, 770m SSW of Hayland Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018059. View the official record →
Multiple cross dyke on Little Graffham Bottom is a linear earthwork comprising a series of parallel ditches with associated banks, located in the South Downs landscape of West Sussex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018059.
Multiple cross dyke on Little Graffham Bottom, 770m SSW of Hayland Farm 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 1018059.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Devil's Ditch, section 725yds (660m) long W of Ounces Barn (8 km), Devil's Ditch, section extending 1730yds (1580m) from Stane Street to NW end of Redvin's Copse (8 km), Devil's Ditch, section extending 200yds (180m) E of Waterbeach Hotel, Goodwood Park (8.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Multiple cross dyke on Little Graffham Bottom, 770m SSW of Hayland Farm'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.
Multiple cross dyke on Little Graffham Bottom, 770m SSW of Hayland Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.