<< Text Pages >> Eastern Cross Dyke - Misc. Earthwork in England in Dorset
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Multi-periodSite Name: Eastern Cross DykeCountry: England County: Dorset Type: Misc. Earthwork
Map Ref: ST85051242
Latitude: 50.911050N Longitude: 2.214014W
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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From Pastscape:
"A ploughed out Neolithic causewayed double cross-dyke on Hambledon Hill. Two,and possibly all three, of the spurs which joined the central domed summit of Hambledon Hill are "re-inforced" by double cross-dykes. The superficial form of the cross dykes and their excavated profiles are similar to those of the main causewayed enclosure (ST 81 SW 17). Excavation by Bonney (1958-60) and Mercer (1974-86) confirmed the Neolithic dating and causewayed nature. Their initial creation may well have been contemporary with the main causewayed enclosure. The earthworks on Hambledon Hill were surveyed by RCHME in 1996. See the parent record (ST 81 SW 17) and the archive report for full details. The eastern cross-dyke is now only visible on the ground as an intermittent and vestigial scarp, together with a pale soil mark along the line of the bank. However, the form of the earthwork was recorded during an earlier RCHME survey in 1959, prior to the commencement of modern ploughing on the hill. Then, the earthwork extended roughly north-south for about 280 metres across the Shroton Spur in a gentle arc, echoing the eastern corner of the main causewayed enclosure, and separated from it by a distance of about 25 metres. It comprised a double bank and ditch, similar to the southern cross-dyke (ST 81 SW 63) but with no evidence for a counterscarp bank."
http://www.pastscape.org.uk/hob.aspx?hob_id=1058086 Source: Pastscape
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