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Scots Dyke
Hob Uid: 1034730
Location : North Yorkshire Richmondshire Melsonby
Grid Ref : NZ1970009100
Summary : Scheduled section of probable 6th or 7th Century territorial boundary, surviving earthwork re-surveyed at 25" scale in 1974
More information : NZ 194 097 - NZ 196 096, NZ 197 095 - NZ 197 093, NZ 197 091 - NZ 197 092. Scots Dyke: section S of Langdale. Scheduled. (1) NZ 1941 0976 - NZ 1941 0962 -NZ 1957 0959. Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary in Low Wood, Langdale. It is situated on a crest and includes a well-preserved bank 5.5m to 12m wide and up to 2.5m high with the ditch being 4m wide and up to 1.5m deep. The counterscarp bank is up to 9m wide and up to 1.6m high. Scheduled RSM 26947. NZ 1972 0946- NZ 1972 0931. Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary east of Langdale Rush. It includes a bank 6m wide and 1m high with an infilled ditch lying to the east, visible as a faint hollow. Scheduled RSM 26948. NZ 1973 0923 - NZ 1974 0905. Section of Scots Dyke linear boundary 235m south of Stanwick Hall Reservoir. It includes a ditch and low scarp slope incorporated into a field terrace. At the northern end the ditch is 4m wide and the bank to the west is 5m wide and up to 1.3m high. Scheduled RSM 26949. (2) Published 25" re-surveyed in 1974. (3) (Original survey document available in Linear Archive File)

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Source details : English Heritage SAMs List - North Yorkshire. March 1994. 27.
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Source details : English Heritage SAM Amendments 08-NOV-1995
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Source details : B H Pritchard/24-OCT-1974/Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Field Investigator
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Source details : Ordnance Survey Linear Archive File LINEAR 42 in NMRC
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Monument Types:

Monument Period Name : Early Medieval
Display Date : 6th or 7th Century AD
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Monument Type : Boundary
Evidence : Earthwork

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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (County No.)
External Cross Reference Number : NY 1130
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26947
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26948
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External Cross Reference Source : Scheduled Monument Legacy (National No.)
External Cross Reference Number : 26949
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : NZ 10 NE 160
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Activity type : DESK BASED ASSESSMENT
Start Date : 2009-01-01
End Date : 2009-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Scots Dyke