<< Our Photo Pages >> Colerne Cross Dyke - Misc. Earthwork in England in Wiltshire
Submitted by 4clydesdale7 on Thursday, 10 November 2011 Page Views: 4628
Multi-periodSite Name: Colerne Cross DykeCountry: England
NOTE: This site is 1.254 km away from the location you searched for.
County: Wiltshire Type: Misc. Earthwork
Nearest Town: Chippenham Nearest Village: Slaughterford
Map Ref: ST83267436
Latitude: 51.467957N Longitude: 2.242381W
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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 |
| 5 | Superb |
| 4 | Good |
| 3 | Ordinary |
| 2 | Not Good |
| 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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| 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 |
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4clydesdale7 visited on 10th Nov 2011 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 3 This is a little jewel - and there is much more to be found in the area
The Cross Dyke cannot be seen directly from the Colerne to Ford back road because in the South it lies just below the brow of the field and in the North it merges with a field boundary. But take a walk and you will enjoy the experience -
The Cross Dyke is about 300m long and is a single bank and ditch which runs from one deep scarp to the NW and to an even deeper scarp in the SE - a classic defensive earthwork, first mentioned in Aubrey's Topological Collections for Wiltshire 1659-70
Mentioned in pastscape 208463 parish Colerne - well worth a visit
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