More information : (NT 91790803 to NT 92040803) Large bank extending full width of ridge, 3-4 feet high, no ditch. (Centred NT 91810804 'A') Trace of ditch? (1) Remains of a cross dyke are situated upon the north-south ridge of moorland pasture, along the top of which runs Clennell Street. At this point, a small nick cuts across the west half of the ridge, and the dyke runs through the nick from the precipitous slopes on the west side of the ridge into more open moorland on the east side, terminating above very steep slopes. The Street passes through a gap in the dyke, which extends 55.0m to the west, and 220.0m to the east, the last 50.0m being very fragmentary over steepening slopes. The dyke, an earthen turf-covered bank, is 4.0m in width, with a maximum height of 1.5m. Through the nick, west of the gap, there is a ditch on the north side of the bank, 2.5m wide, with a maximum depth of 0.5m. (2) The bank which is substantial appears to have been built as an obstruction, and is probably contemporary with the medieval Clennell Street. Sketch-survey at 1:2500 scale. (3) The profile of the bank where best preserved is sharp and unweathered suggesting a comparatively recent origin. It appears to have been ditched on both sides. (4) No change since reports of 2 5 57, 24 6 70 and 30 1 75. Surveyed at 1:10 000. (5)
NT 9194 0802. Cross dyke 200m SE of Hosedon Linn. Scheduled RSM No 25015. A cross dyke running for 275m across the flat top of an E-W ridge. The dyke comprises an earthen bank 5m wide which stands to a maximum height of 1.5m; there is a ditch 2.5m wide and 0.5m deep on the N side of the bank and a ditch of slighter proportions on the S side. The association of the cross dyke with the medieval drove road of Clennell Street, which passes through a gap in the dyke, is thought to suggest that it is comtemporary with it and may have served as a method for coralling sheep. It is however likely that it is prehistoric in origin and was reused during the medieval period. (6)
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