Monument record 0014000002 - GRIM'S DITCH
Summary
Late prehistoric linear earthwork known as Grim's Ditch
Protected Status/Designation
- Ancient Monument
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Type and Period (3)
- LINEAR EARTHWORK (Early Iron Age to Saxon - 700 BC? to 1065 AD?)
- BOUNDARY BANK (Iron Age to Saxon - 800 BC? to 1065 AD?)
- BOUNDARY DITCH (Iron Age to Saxon - 800 BC? to 1065 AD?)
Description
Dimensions - Length 26km.
Plan Form - Linear.
Length from Berkhamstead-Wycombe assumed to be a whole. Probably once in open or cleared country. Was E line of Cuthwolf's territory in Anglo-Saxon Chronicles c.571 (Further detail)(B5).
Not earlier than Saxon; perhaps C5-C6 AD sub-Roman settlers (B6).
Said to be Iron Age. Cut by 2 Roman roads. Catuvellauni boundary (B7).
Sources (4)
- <5>SBC6477 Article in serial: M W Hughes. 1931. 'GRIMS DITCH & CUTHWULF'S EXPEDITION TO THE CHILTERNS IN AD 571', IN ANTIQUITY 5 PP291-314. Vol 5.
- <6>SBC16526 Article in serial: Mortimer Wheeler. 1934. WHEELER R E M 1934 'LONDON & THE GRIM'S DITCHES', IN ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL 14 PP254-263. Vol 14.
- <7>SBC4461 Article in serial: James Dyer. 1963. 'THE CHILTERNS GRIMS DITCH', IN ANTIQUITY 37 PP46-49. Vol 37.
- <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SBC19564 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1997.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 | BUCKLAND, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | CHOLESBURY-CUM-ST. LEONARDS, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | ASTON CLINTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
May 22 2022 3:02PM
