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Multi-periodSite Name: Telscombe Cross DykeCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.644 km away from the location you searched for.
County: East Sussex Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Brighton Nearest Village: Telscombe
Map Ref: TQ402029
Latitude: 50.808696N Longitude: 0.011501W
Condition:
| 5 | Perfect |
| 4 | Almost Perfect |
| 3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
| 2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
| 1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
| 0 | No data. |
| -1 | Completely destroyed |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 1 | Awful |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
| 4 | Short walk on a footpath |
| 3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
| 2 | A long walk |
| 1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
| 0 | No data. |
| 5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
| 4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
| 3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
| 2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
| 1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
| 0 | no data |
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Misc. Earthwork in East Sussex
The monument includes the surviving earthworks of a cross dyke which runs
across a ridge of the Sussex Downs, around 2km north of the present coastline.
The cross dyke, which falls into two areas, is a north east-south west aligned
ditch, measuring up to 6m wide and 0.75m deep, with a total length of c.290m.
This is flanked on its south eastern side by a large bank 6.5m wide, surviving
to a height of c.2m. Around 80m from its north eastern end, a small section of
the earthworks, and an associated Bronze Age bowl barrow, were levelled by
the construction of a covered water reservoir in 1909, and this area is
therefore excluded from the scheduling. The monument has also been partially
disturbed by the insertion of an associated water main along the length of the
ditch. A gap of 14m in the earthworks around 185m from the north eastern end
is interpreted as an original feature, with the continuation of the earthworks
to the south west showing a slight change of alignment. Aerial photographs
show that the cross dyke continues towards the south west from the south
western end of the monument as a below ground feature. This section has,
however, been levelled by modern ploughing and bulldozing, and is
therefore not included in the scheduling.
The modern fences which cross the monument are excluded from the scheduling,
as are the water main markers situated on the bank of the cross dyke although
the ground beneath these features is included.
(Text by English Heritage)
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