© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 75m south west of Sandford House is a prehistoric linear earthwork located in Yorkshire. The monument comprises a length of the Scots Dyke, a substantial bank and ditch system that formed a territorial or defensive boundary in the landscape. Dating evidence places this earthwork within the Iron Age period, when such linear features were constructed across northern Britain to demarcate land or control movement. The section survives as an upstanding bank with associated ditch, preserving important archaeological evidence of early land division and landscape management practices in this region.
Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 75m south west of Sandford House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1013778. View the official record →
Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 75m south west of Sandford House is a prehistoric linear earthwork located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1013778.
Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 75m south west of Sandford House 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 1013778.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of the Scots Dyke linear boundary 250m south east of St Martin's Priory (0.4 km), Section of the Scots Dyke linear boundary 225m south of St Martin's Priory (0.5 km), Easby Abbey Premonstratensian monastery: monastic precinct, cultivation terraces, water-management features and ancillary buildings (0.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 75m south west of Sandford House'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.
Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 75m south west of Sandford House stands on Yoredale Group, bedrock that formed in the Bashkirian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.