MONUMENTS PROTECTION PROGRAMME

MONUMENT CLASS DESCRIPTION

FRONTIER WORKS (MEDIEVAL)

OCTOBER 1989

1 Definition 2 Date 3 General Description 4 Distribution and regional variation
5 Rarity 6 Survival and Potential 7 Associations 8 Characterisation criteria
12 Bibliography 13 Acknowledgements 14 Figures

MEDIEVAL FRONTIER WORKS

Alternative, colloquial and related terms: Dykes; Frontier dykes; Linear earthwork.

Ordnance Survey map term: Name of earthwork

RCHME Thesaurus Monument Type : Frontier Defence.