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Bar Dyke, Yorkshire

The Bar Dyke is an ancient linear embankment and adjacent ditch, located on open moorland near Bradfield, Yorkshire, in the West Riding. The earthwork forms a line of demarcation across a break in a minor Millstone Grit scarp edge on the eastern side of Broomhead Moor. The monument is undated but it is usually associated with defences erected during the post-Roman period. It is within the council area of Sheffield.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1017508.

Place Type: Mediæval Earthwork
Historic County: Yorkshire
Division of County: West Riding
Lat, Long: 53.447,-1.63
Grid Reference: SK 2467 9453
Civil Parish: Bradfield CP
Council Area: Sheffield CA
Strategic Authority Area: South Yorkshire SA
Police Area: South Yorkshire PA

GBPN ID: 299740
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Bar_Dyke,_Yorkshire_299740

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