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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