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Scrubditch Dyke is a linear earthwork located in Gloucestershire, England. The monument comprises a substantial bank and ditch, characteristic of defensive or boundary features constructed during the Iron Age or Romano-British period. Such dykes served to demarcate territorial boundaries, control movement across the landscape, or provide defensive functions for adjacent settlements or communities. The site remains an important example of prehistoric or Romano-British land management and territorial organisation in the wider Gloucestershire region.
Scrubditch dyke is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003437. View the official record →
Scrubditch Dyke is a linear earthwork located in Gloucestershire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003437.
Scrubditch 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 1003437.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Wellhill Copse round barrow (4 km), St John's Hospital chantry (5.5 km), Tar Barrows: the earthwork and buried remains of two prehistoric or Roman round barrows and the buried remains of a Romano-British or earlier funerary and ritual site (5.6 km).
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