Scheduled MonumentsEnglandSections of linear boundary dyke in Frendal Dale, Tun Dale, and Great Plantation, between Millington and Huggate Wolds

Sections of linear boundary dyke in Frendal Dale, Tun Dale, and Great Plantation, between Millington and Huggate Wolds

England
List entry 1015561
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1015561
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
3.55 hectares
Grid reference
SE 85386 55518
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Sections of linear boundary dyke in Frendal Dale, Tun Dale, and Great Plantation, between Millington and Huggate Wolds, is a prehistoric or early historic earthwork comprising substantial linear banks and ditches that traverse the Yorkshire Wolds landscape. The dyke represents a boundary or defensive structure, with surviving sections visible across three distinct locations within the rolling downland terrain between these two chalk ridge features. The monument is scheduled as an ancient monument in recognition of its significance as evidence of land division or territorial demarcation during the prehistoric or early medieval period. The dykes survive as substantial buried and surface features that contribute to understanding patterns of early landscape organization and land use across the Wolds region.

Sections of linear boundary dyke in Frendal Dale, Tun Dale, and Great Plantation, between Millington and Huggate Wolds is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015561. View the official record →

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What is Sections of linear boundary dyke in Frendal Dale, Tun Dale, and Great Plantation, between Millington and Huggate Wolds?

Sections of linear boundary dyke in Frendal Dale, Tun Dale, and Great Plantation, between Millington and Huggate Wolds, is a prehistoric or early historic earthwork comprising substantial linear banks and ditches that traverse the Yorkshire Wolds landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015561.

Who is responsible for protecting Sections of linear boundary dyke in Frendal Dale, Tun Dale, and Great Plantation, between Millington and Huggate Wolds?

Sections of linear boundary dyke in Frendal Dale, Tun Dale, and Great Plantation, between Millington and Huggate Wolds 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 1015561.

What other scheduled monuments are near Sections of linear boundary dyke in Frendal Dale, Tun Dale, and Great Plantation, between Millington and Huggate Wolds?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow 600m west of Newcote Farm (5 km), Site of Warter Augustinian Priory (5.5 km), Ousethorpe medieval settlement, moat and mill 310m south of Ousethorpe Farm (6.1 km).

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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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The ground beneath

The bedrock under Sections of linear boundary dyke in Frendal Dale, Tun Dale, and Great Plantation, between Millington and Huggate Wolds

Sections of linear boundary dyke in Frendal Dale, Tun Dale, and Great Plantation, between Millington and Huggate Wolds stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Sections of linear boundary dyke in Frendal Dale, Tun Dale, and Great Plantation, between Millington and Huggate Wolds

YorkRoman town · ~15.8 milesStar CarrArchaeological site · ~19.1 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~8.3 miles