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The Cleave Dyke system near High Barn is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Yorkshire. The monument comprises a substantial bank and ditch formation that represents part of a broader defensive or territorial boundary system characteristic of the later prehistoric period. The dyke survives as an upstanding earthwork in the landscape, preserving evidence of prehistoric land management and social organisation. Such linear earthworks typically served multiple functions including stock control, boundary demarcation, and territorial definition during the Iron Age period.
Section of the Cleave Dyke system near High Barn is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1010534. View the official record →
The Cleave Dyke system near High Barn is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1010534.
Section of the Cleave Dyke system near High Barn 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 1010534.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 480m east of Yorkshire Gliding Club (5.2 km), Section of the Cleave Dyke system 200m south east of Yorkshire Gliding Club (5.3 km), Roulston Scar Iron Age promontory fort (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Section of the Cleave Dyke system near High Barn'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 the Cleave Dyke system near High Barn stands on Corallian Group, bedrock that formed in the Oxfordian. The rock here is limestone, sandstone, siltstone and mudstone.