More information : (Centred at SY 65728506) Cross Dyke (NR) (1)
Cross Ridge Dyke on Windsbatch (SY 68 NE; 65748504 to 65778517),
a bank 30 ft. across and some 8 ft. above a W. ditch 30 ft.
wide, is bowed slightly E. and virtually cuts off the E. end of
the limestone ridge. Its S. end is on the 300 ft. contour, at the
edge of a very steep slope (an apparent continuation downhill
is a small boundary bank of later date built in the ditch and
continuing its line); 240 ft. to the N. is a gap, probably
original, 16 ft. across. A less clear length of bank running
for some 90 ft. N. of this gap ends a little way down the rounded
shoulder of the hill where there is much old quarry disturbance.
The N. slope is only notably steep E. of the dyke, which is
therefore defensive in situation as well as size. There are
slight banks and scarps in the 8 acres of ridge top to the E. but
the area is very disturbed. (3)
In the ditch along the ridge top are several 'Standing Stones" up
to 0.7m high and in line. (4)
The cross ridge dyke is as described by RCHM (2). The seven
stones standing above ground in the ditch are possibly part of the
modern boundary aspect of the complex.
Re-surveyed at 1:2500 on MSD. (5)
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