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Racham Banks is a prehistoric cross dyke and an associated Itford Hill style settlement, situated on a chalk ridge which forms part of the Sussex Downs, near Racham, Sussex. The cross dyke runs for 800ft across the ridge and has a large bank up to 12ft high and about 40ft wide flanked to the south-east by a ditch up to 50ft wide and 6ft deep. The associated Itford Hill style settlement abuts the central section of the cross dyke and is represented by an oval enclosure which survives as a hollow measuring anout 130ft by 80ft. Analysis of a pottery sherd discovered during excavations in 1929 suggest that the settlement was occupied during the Late Bronze Age/Early Iron Age. The monument is within the council area of Horsham (West Sussex).
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1015720.

Place Type: Prehistoric Monument
Historic County: Sussex
Lat, Long: 50.903056,-0.5072619
Grid Reference: TQ 0506 1257
Civil Parish: Parham CP
Council Area: Horsham CA (West Sussex CA)
Police Area: Sussex PA

GBPN ID: 304020
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Racham_Banks,_Sussex_304020

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