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The Queen Dike: part of a cross-dyke 600m east of Wold Farm

England
List entry 1007919
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1007919
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
1.21 hectares
Grid reference
SE 81039 61250
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

The Queen Dike is a cross-dyke located approximately 600 metres east of Wold Farm in Yorkshire, England. The monument consists of an earthwork bank and ditch that traverses the landscape, forming part of a broader defensive or territorial boundary system typical of Iron Age settlement patterns in the region. The dike represents the kind of linear earthwork commonly constructed during the Iron Age period to demarcate land, control movement, or defend settled communities. As a scheduled ancient monument, the Queen Dike remains a significant archaeological feature for understanding Iron Age land use and settlement hierarchy in Yorkshire.

The Queen Dike: part of a cross-dyke 600m east of Wold Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1007919. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is The Queen Dike: part of a cross-dyke 600m east of Wold Farm?

The Queen Dike is a cross-dyke located approximately 600 metres east of Wold Farm in Yorkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1007919.

Who is responsible for protecting The Queen Dike: part of a cross-dyke 600m east of Wold Farm?

The Queen Dike: part of a cross-dyke 600m east of Wold Farm 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 1007919.

What other scheduled monuments are near The Queen Dike: part of a cross-dyke 600m east of Wold Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Section of linear boundary dyke on Cow Moor, Millington Dale (8.3 km), Round barrow 390m south-west of High Barn Farm (8.7 km), Round barrow 400m north-west of Cobdale Farm (8.8 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
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
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
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.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Section of linear boundary dyke on Cow Moor, Millington Dale
8.3 km
Round barrow 390m south-west of High Barn Farm
8.7 km
Round barrow 400m north-west of Cobdale Farm
8.8 km
Round barrow 360m south-west of High Barn Farm
8.9 km
Round barrow 380m south-west of High Barn Farm
8.9 km
Round barrow 100m SW of Cobdale Farm
9.2 km
Section of linear boundary dyke between Sylvan Dale and Warren Farm, north west of Coldwold Farm
9.5 km
Cross base and shaft and cross base at St Margaret's Church
9.6 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under The Queen Dike: part of a cross-dyke 600m east of Wold Farm

The Queen Dike: part of a cross-dyke 600m east of Wold Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around The Queen Dike: part of a cross-dyke 600m east of Wold Farm

YorkRoman town · ~14.2 milesStar CarrArchaeological site · ~17.7 milesBattle of Stamford Bridge 1066Battle (1066) · ~6.8 miles
Domesday entry for Grimston, Yorkshire →
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