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Post-medieval stock enclosure at Devil's Dyke is a pastoral management feature dating to the early modern period, constructed within or adjacent to the celebrated Iron Age linear earthwork. The enclosure represents the repurposing of the prehistoric dyke landscape for livestock husbandry, demonstrating continuity of land use across centuries. Its physical form consists of banks and ditches typical of post-medieval field boundaries, evidence of the systematic agricultural reorganisation of the Sussex landscape during the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries.
Post-medieval stock enclosure at Devil's Dyke is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014954. View the official record →
Post-medieval stock enclosure at Devil's Dyke is a pastoral management feature dating to the early modern period, constructed within or adjacent to the celebrated Iron Age linear earthwork. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014954.
Post-medieval stock enclosure at Devil's Dyke 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 1014954.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of Port's Road and barrow on Round Hill, Hangleton (2.9 km), Dovecote at Patcham Court Farm, 80m north west of All Saints Church (4.2 km), Martin Down style enclosure, bowl barrow, Iron Age hillfort, Romano-British village and associated field system on Thundersbarrow Hill (4.6 km).
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