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Six Dikes, Yorkshire

Six Dikes is the most northerly part of the Scamridge Dikes prehistoric linear boundary, so called because here the boundary has five steep-sided V-shaped ditches which run between six approximately parallel banks, located near Ebberston, Yorkshire, in the North Riding. The monument is within the council area of North Yorkshire.
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1020835.

Place Type: Prehistoric Earthwork
Historic County: Yorkshire
Division of County: North Riding
Lat, Long: 54.270528,-0.605705
Grid Reference: SE 9089 8699
Civil Parish: Snainton CP
Council Area: North Yorkshire CA
Strategic Authority Area: York and North Yorkshire SA
Police Area: North Yorkshire PA

GBPN ID: 304411
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Six_Dikes,_Yorkshire_304411

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