BOUNDARY DYKE
A dyke that indicates the limit of an area or a piece of land.
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Related Terms
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BOUNDARY BANK | An earthen bank that indicates the limit of an area or a piece of land. |
BOUNDARY DITCH | A ditch that indicates the limit of an area or a piece of land. |
BOUNDARY EARTHWORK | An earthwork that indicates the limit of an area or a piece of land. |
CONSUMPTION DYKE | A dyke, often of great thickness, built to consume stone cleared from the land as part of the agricultural improvements of the 18th and 19th centuries. |
CROSS RIDGE DYKE | A linear earthwork, usually a bank accompanied by a ditch, which runs across rather than along an area or ridge of higher ground. |
HEAD DYKE | A dyke used to separate the agricultural land of a township from rough grazing. |
PLANTATION DYKE | A drystone or turf wall indicating the limit of a plantation. |
TREB DYKE | A prehistoric linear earthwork, found only in the Northern Isles. |