Thieves Dikes

Nearest town:
Scalby (5km ESE)
OS reference:
SE972933
OS sheets:
94, 101
Latitude:
54° 19' 32.69 N
Longitude:
0° 30' 18.94 W
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Thieves Dikes

Chris Collyer
Chris Collyer Oct 29, 2003

Thieves Dikes are a series of earthworks believed to have been constructed during the middle Bronze Age or later. As with the nearby Dargate Dyke their purpose is unclear – it could be that they marked territorial boundaries or they could have had a defensive role, they could even have been used for cattle ranching. The best preserved of the Thieves Dikes survives within the eastern edge of Broxa Forest at SE972933 where a pair of banks up to 2 metres high enclose the ditch that now forms a track from a road junction southwest into the woods. Further to the southeast beyond the trees are more banks and ditches that also run southwest before swinging abruptly to the northwest – these however have been much damaged by ploughing.

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