<< Our Photo Pages >> Heyshott Down Cross Dyke - Misc. Earthwork in England in West Sussex
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Multi-periodSite Name: Heyshott Down Cross Dyke Alternative Name: Heyshott BarrowCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 2.339 km away from the location you searched for.
County: West Sussex Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Midhurst Nearest Village: Heyshott
Map Ref: SU9070416492
Latitude: 50.940746N Longitude: 0.710392W
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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 |
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-1 | Completely destroyed |
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4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
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1 | Awful |
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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 |
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3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
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They are recorded as Pastscape Monument No. 249413 and scheduled as Historic England List ID 1017614:
A series of four LBA cross-ridge dykes cross the crest of the South Downs from N to S, commencing at the head of precipitous slopes leading into Coombe Bottom below the N-facing escarpment, and leading towards or, in the case of the westernmost dyke, fading out upon, the gentle S-facing dip slope.
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