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Prehistoric linear boundary in Dalby Forest, known as Dargate Dikes

England
List entry 1020212
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1020212
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.33 hectares
Grid reference
SE 89463 91221
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Dargate Dikes is a prehistoric linear boundary monument located in Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire. The earthwork consists of a substantial ditch and bank system that extends across the landscape, characteristic of Bronze Age or Iron Age territorial divisions in northern England. Such linear features served to demarcate land ownership, control livestock movement, and define settlement territories during the prehistoric period. The monument remains a significant archaeological record of early land use and social organisation in the North York Moors region.

Prehistoric linear boundary in Dalby Forest, known as Dargate Dikes is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020212. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Prehistoric linear boundary in Dalby Forest, known as Dargate Dikes?

Dargate Dikes is a prehistoric linear boundary monument located in Dalby Forest, North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020212.

Who is responsible for protecting Prehistoric linear boundary in Dalby Forest, known as Dargate Dikes?

Prehistoric linear boundary in Dalby Forest, known as Dargate Dikes 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 1020212.

What other scheduled monuments are near Prehistoric linear boundary in Dalby Forest, known as Dargate Dikes?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Long barrow 530m north of Keeper's Cottage (7 km), Round barrow 570m south east of Warren House (7 km), Round barrow 470m north of Keeper's Cottage (7 km).

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Overview
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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
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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.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Long barrow 530m north of Keeper's Cottage
7 km
Round barrow 570m south east of Warren House
7 km
Round barrow 470m north of Keeper's Cottage
7 km
Prehistoric linear boundary on Stonygate Moor, 550m west of Warren House Farm
7.1 km
Churchyard cross, immediately south of St Mary the Virgin's Church
8 km
Medieval settlement immediately south east of Ebberston Hall
8 km
Allerston lime kilns
8.2 km
Allerston medieval manorial centre, dovecotes and 17th century gunpowder works
8.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Prehistoric linear boundary in Dalby Forest, known as Dargate Dikes

Prehistoric linear boundary in Dalby Forest, known as Dargate Dikes stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.

The wider landscape

Around Prehistoric linear boundary in Dalby Forest, known as Dargate Dikes

Star CarrArchaeological site · ~7.6 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~24.9 miles
Domesday entry for Troutsdale, Yorkshire →
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