Scots Dyke |
| Hob Uid: 1034721 | |
Location :
North Yorkshire
Richmondshire
Richmond, Easby
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| Grid Ref : NZ1820000800 |
| Summary : Scheduled sections of linear earthwork known as Scots Dyke built to consolidate territorial and economic units in response to changing political circumstances during the C6 and C7. |
More information : NZ 182 008 - NZ 183 009. Scots Dike: section 170 yds (160m) long S of Sandford House. Scheduled. (1)
NZ 1819 0077 - NZ 1825 0091. Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 75m south-west of Sandford House. The monument includes a bank up to 15m wide with a ditch 7m wide lying to the east. It lies across a steep slope so that in places the bank is over 3m above the ditch. To the east of the ditch is a small counterscarp bank 3m wide and 0.7m high. To the south the dyke has been altered by agricultural activity and to the north is cut by a road. Scheduled. (2) |