More information : [Centred ST 83267435] CROSS-DYKE [GT]. (1)
A single bank with ditch to east extending for 450 yards N-S,
with an angular turn at the middle, and ending in woods on the
valley sides. It is under grass. [Mellor & Grinsell both refer
to Aubrey's 17th c. description]. (2-4)
The earthwork extends from ST 83177445 to ST 83267436, where
it turns NW and thence to ST 83237422; a small gap near the
South end is caused by a modern trackway. The southern half
consists of an east facing scarp with a berm to the west; the
remainder is a bank with ditch to the east.
A low bank from ST 83187447-ST 83117451 indicates a further
northward extension of the earthwork.
Surveyed at 1/2500. (5)
The southern portion of the earthwork from ST83237422 to
ST 83257430, is in good condition, elsewhere it now forms a
field boundary and has been ploughed along its W facing margins.
1:2500 Survey transferred to PFD. (6)
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