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<< Our Photo Pages >> Dane's Dyke - Ancient Village or Settlement in England in Yorkshire (East)

Submitted by DrOlaf on Monday, 15 May 2017  Page Views: 16146

Iron Age and Later PrehistorySite Name: Dane's Dyke
Country: England County: Yorkshire (East) Type: Ancient Village or Settlement
Nearest Town: Bridlington  Nearest Village: Flamborough
Map Ref: TA21317115
Latitude: 54.121908N  Longitude: 0.14536W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
3 Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
4 Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
5 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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lauraaurora visited on 22nd Mar 2022 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 5 Access: 4

SumDoood visited on 2nd Mar 2017 - their rating: Cond: 3 Amb: 4 Access: 5 Well worth a look. The structure is 4.5kms long and very complete.

drolaf have visited here

Average ratings for this site from all visit loggers: Condition: 3 Ambience: 4.5 Access: 4.5

Dane's Dyke
Dane's Dyke submitted by drolaf : The dyke from the beach at low tide (Vote or comment on this photo)
Misc Earthwork in East Yorkshire. Firstly, Dane’s Dykes isn’t Danish. Bronze Age arrow heads were found (Pitt Rivers), and it possibly started as part of the agricultural boundaries of that time. It is a 2.5 mile 4km earthwork forming a large 5 square mile promontary defendable area, probably built up in the Iron Age about 1000 BC.

The V shaped cross-section of the main ditch makes this a very significant barrier to passage, as much as the high banks.

The banks and ditches vary through its length, sometimes single bank, up to three banks, height up to 12m and similar ditches. The Northern end is human made, a single high bank around 3m high and a steep ditch around 2m deep. The south end is a deep ravine formed by a seasonal river in chalk, and artificially enhanced. There is a high bank to the east of the beck dyke with deep ditch between.

The south end chalk cliff beach is full of chalk fossils. Water runs straight off and out of the chalk cliff and also out of the higher beach sand, so there is a plenteous fresh water source.

Visiting is easy as there is a carpark (£2.90 all day). It is not too crowded by tourists even on a Sunday, and there are nice grass overflow fields. A mixture of families and fossil hunters. Most people don’t go far from the small cafe and toilets.

This is an amazing place to get a feel for what people built over 3000 years ago. As Richard Bradley said, actually the agricultural earthworks of Bronze Age Britain were as much an engineering endeavour as the monuments of the Neolithic.

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Dane's Dyke
Dane's Dyke submitted by drolaf : The dyke further north. still a difficult barrier to cross (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dane's Dyke
Dane's Dyke submitted by drolaf : The southern end of the dyke near the beach, hopefully showing the extent of the landscape barrier (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dane's Dyke
Dane's Dyke submitted by SumDoood : Info board near the car park for the nature reserve at the south end of the dyke where a surprisingly deep ravine runs along the west side. (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dane's Dyke
Dane's Dyke submitted by SumDoood : The path on the left is near enough at the natural ground level. Any ground to the right of the path is the dyke. (The snowdrops give an indication of scale). (Vote or comment on this photo)

Dane's Dyke
Dane's Dyke submitted by SumDoood : Towards the northern end of this very substantial 4.5kms long earthwork. As a result of its construction a ditch runs along the west side of the dyke / wall.

Dane's Dyke
Dane's Dyke submitted by DavidRaven : The southern end of Dane's Dyke, where the densely-wooded ravine leads to the sea. (1 comment)

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Re: Dane's Dyke by Anne T on Wednesday, 02 August 2017
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More information can be found on The Northern Antiquarian (TNA) website - see their entry for Danes Dyke, Flamborough, East Yorkshire.

Pastscape Monument No. 81836 has more details, and there are four separate listings for different sections of the dyke in Historic England. See:
List Entry 1013193: Section of Danes' Dyke from the B1229 north to Wold Farm field boundary,
List Entry 1013191: Section of Danes' Dyke between the Cliff Plantation and the B1255,
List Entry 1013194: Northern section of the Danes' Dyke from Wold Farm field boundary to Bempton Cliffs, and
List Entry 1013192: Section of the Danes' Dyke between the B1255 and B1229 roads.
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Re: Dane's Dyke by drolaf on Monday, 15 May 2017
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Firstly, Dane’s Dykes isn’t Danish. Bronze Age arrow heads were found (Pitt Rivers), and it possibly started as part of the agricultural boundaries of that time. It is a 2.5 mile 4km earthwork forming a large 5 square mile promontary defendable area, probably built up in the Iron Age about 1000 BC. The V shaped cross-section of the main ditch makes this a very significant barrier to passage, as much as the high banks.

The banks and ditches vary through its length, sometimes single bank, up to three banks, height up to 12m and similar ditches. The Northern end is human made, a single high bank around 3m high and a steep ditch around 2m deep. The south end is a deep ravine formed by a seasonal river in chalk, and artificially enhanced. There is a high bank to the east of the beck dyke with deep ditch between.

The south end chalk cliff beach is full of chalk fossils. Water runs straight off and out of the chalk cliff and also out of the higher beach sand, so there is a plenteous fresh water source.


Visiting is easy as there is a carpark (£2.90 all day). It is not too crowded by tourists even on a Sunday, and there are nice grass overflow fields. A mixture of families and fossil hunters. Most people don’t go far from the small cafe and toilets.

This is an amazing place to get a feel for what people built over 3000 years ago. As Richard Bradley said, actually the agricultural earthworks of Bronze Age Britain were as much an engineering endeavour as the monuments of the Neolithic.
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Re: Dane's Dyke by Anonymous on Monday, 01 October 2007
yes me and my mates have and expreinaced some scary things n pictures, please e-mail me if you have any info on danes dyke i want to knw its histroy houlihan87@hotmail.com
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