Monument record 0014006000 - GRIMS DITCH BETWEEN LILY BOTTOM LANE AND REDLAND END

Summary

Section of probable Iron Age linear earthwork, Grim's Ditch, recorded in field survey

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  • Ancient Monument 1021194: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE GRIM'S DITCH: 580M LONG SECTION BETWEEN LILY BOTTOM LANE AND REDLAND END (DBC7233)

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Type and Period (2)

  • BANK (EARTHWORK) (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC? to 42 AD?)
  • DITCH (Early Iron Age to Late Iron Age - 700 BC? to 42 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Height 2m, Width 9m, Length 567m.
Plan Form - Linear.
Stretch from Lilibottom Farm along edge of Hillcock Wood to Redland End (B1).
Well preserved. Passes through woodland never ploughed. Ditch silted through natural causes. Scheduled: SAM No.35335. Scheduling revised February 2004 (B3).
Marked between NGRs (B2).
2 profiles across earthwork recorded by Network Archaeology in February 1999 (B18).

Sources (5)

  • <1>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. pp262-263.
  • <2>SBC10400 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 6-INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
  • <3>SBC13961 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 2004. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS: SAM 35335.
  • <16>SBC19564 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1997. An Archaeological and Management Survey of Grim's Ditch, Buckinghamshire.
  • <18>XYSBC19566 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 1999. Grim's Ditch Archaeological and Management Survey Phase III. pp4,10,Appendix 2,Figs 4,22. [Mapped feature: #46112 ]

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 83251 01821 (338m by 602m)
Civil Parish GREAT AND LITTLE HAMPDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 13 2024 10:25PM

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