Details

The monument comprises a cross-ridge dyke and part of an adjoining cross-ridge
dyke, surviving as earthworks, which meet at the top of a hill at Juggs Road.
The cross-ridge dyke runs for about 200m north-south between Falmer Bottom and
the top of the hill near Juggs Road. At the top of the hill it meets part of
another cross-ridge dyke which survives as an earthwork running about 75m
towards the upper part of Falmer Bottom to the south-west and Cold Coombes to
the north-east. Aerial photographs show the dyke as continuing beyond the
earthworks as a below-ground feature but these levelled remains are not
included in the scheduling at present.

The north-south running dyke includes a well defined bank on the eastern side,
a ditch in the middle and a much lower bank on the western side. The maximum
height of the eastern bank above the base of the ditch is about 0.75-1.0m.

The north-east/south-west running dyke includes a ditch to the north, and a
flanking bank to the south, which joins with the banks of the other dyke and
is interrupted by the latter's ditch. The bank of this cross-ridge dyke is
also about 0.75m above the base of the ditch.

MAP EXTRACT
The site of the monument is shown on the attached map extract.
It includes a 2 metre boundary around the archaeological features,
considered to be essential for the monument's support and preservation.

Source: Historic England

Reasons for Scheduling

Cross-dykes are substantial linear earthworks typically between 0.2km and 1km
long and comprising one or more ditches arranged beside and parallel to one or
more banks. They generally occur in upland situations, running across ridges
and spurs. They are recognised as earthworks or as cropmarks on aerial
photographs, or as combinations of both. The evidence of excavation and
analogy with associated monuments demonstrates that their construction spans
the millennium from the Middle Bronze Age, although they may have been re-used
later. Current information favours the view that they were used as territorial
boundary markers, probably demarcating land allotment within communities,
although they may also have been used as trackways, cattle droveways or
defensive earthworks. Cross-dykes are one of the few monument types which
illustrate how land was divided up in the prehistoric period. They are of
considerable importance for any analysis of settlement and land use in the
Bronze Age. Very few have survived to the present day and hence all well-
preserved examples are considered to be of national importance.

The monument survives well and will retain archaeological remains and
evironmental evidence relating to the monument and the landscape in which
it was constructed. Its significance is enhanced by its proximity to nearby
Bronze Age burial mounds.

Source: Historic England