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The Cleave Dyke system is a series of linear earthworks located in Yorkshire, England, dating to the Iron Age period. Two notable sections comprise the monument, including the Casten Dike, which represents substantial defensive or territorial boundaries characteristic of later prehistoric settlement patterns in northern Britain. Associated with these dykes is a round barrow situated south of Kilburn Moor Plantation, indicating that the landscape held significance across multiple periods of prehistoric activity. The combination of linear earthworks and burial monument reflects the enduring importance of this location from the Iron Age through the Bronze Age, marking it as an area of considerable archaeological interest and demonstrating the sequential use of the landscape by prehistoric communities.
Two sections of the Cleave Dyke system, one known as the Casten Dike, and a round barrow south of Kilburn Moor Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012992. View the official record →
The Cleave Dyke system is a series of linear earthworks located in Yorkshire, England, dating to the Iron Age period. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012992.
Two sections of the Cleave Dyke system, one known as the Casten Dike, and a round barrow south of Kilburn Moor Plantation 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 1012992.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Byland Abbey Cistercian monastery: monastic precinct, water-management earthworks, enclosures, ancillary buildings and quarries (4.8 km), Long Grain round barrows (5 km), Section of cross ridge dyke and earthworks in Roman Plantation, Oulston Moor (9.1 km).
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