Monument record 0014000001 - GRIM'S DITCH
Summary
Iron Age or Saxon linear earthwork
Protected Status/Designation
- Ancient Monument
- SHINE: Earthwork survival of section of ditch within Rushmoor Wood, identified during field survey and visible on LiDAR. Possibly section of Grim's Ditch reused as a medieval woodland bank.
Map
Type and Period (1)
- LINEAR EARTHWORK (BOUNDARY BANK & DITCH, Early Iron Age to Saxon - 700 BC? to 1065 AD?)
Description
Dimensions - Length 26km.
Plan Form - Linear.
No relation to many camps in vicinity. End in Ashridge may be due to dense forest (B2).
Fosse & rampart c.40 feet wide, 30 feet deep. Not for defence, perhaps a boundary (B3).
First traces in Park Wood, Bradenham. 2 mounds on line at Oaken Grove & another - Danescamp (Full description of course & map) (B4).
Sources (4)
- <2>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. pp511-514.
- <3>SBC20461 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1908. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume II. Volume 2. pp34-35.
- <4>SBC3241 Article in serial: O G S Crawford. 1931. 'CHILTERN GRIM'S DITCH', IN ANTIQUITY 5 PP161-171. Vol 5.
- <16>SBC19564 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1997. An Archaeological and Management Survey of Grim's Ditch, Buckinghamshire.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 8862 0366 (10450m by 11480m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | THE LEE, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | GREAT MISSENDEN, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Jun 6 2022 2:53PM
