Monument record 0014007000 - GRIMS DITCH BETWEEN REDLAND END AND HAMPDEN PARK
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Ancient Monument 1021195: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE GRIM'S DITCH: SECTION EXTENDING FROM REDLAND END THROUGH BARNES'S GROVE TO HAMPDEN PARK
- Planning Notification Area: Late Prehistoric linear earthworks of Grims Ditch
Map
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 - Length 1582m, Height 2m.
Plan Form - Linear.
Stretch from Redland End along edge of Kingsfield Wood. Right angled turn continues ESE-WNW almost to Great Hampden. Ditch flat at corner & little sign of bank - possibly original way through (B1-2).
Marked between NGRs (B3).
Scheduled: SAM No.35336. Scheduling revised February 2004 (B4).
Geophysical survey carried out by the Bartlett-Clark Consultancy in 1998 at Knighton's Hill Wood (SP83850299) produced anomalies possibly representing the ditch whilst documentary research by Network Archaeology confirmed the presence of earthworks forming a corner at this location as shown on the 2nd edition 6" OS map (B17, B19).
6 profiles across earthwork recorded by Network Archaeology in February 1999 (B18).
Sources (8)
- <1>SBC20350 Bibliographic reference: A Hadrian Allcroft. 1908. Earthwork of England. p512.
- <2>SBC12638 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P163.
- <3>SBC10400 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 6-INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
- <4>SBC13964 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 2004. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS: SAM 35336.
- <16>SBC19564 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1997. An Archaeological and Management Survey of Grim's Ditch, Buckinghamshire.
- <17>SBC19565 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 1998. Grim's Ditch Archaeological and Management Survey Phase II. pp2-3,4,7-9, Figs 4,14.
- <18>XYSBC19566 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 1999. Grim's Ditch Archaeological and Management Survey Phase III. pp4,10,Appendix 2,Figs 4,22,23. [Mapped feature: #46111 ]
- <19>SBC19568 Unpublished document: Alistair Bartlett. 1998. Bartlett A 1998 Grim's Ditch, Buckinghamshire: Report on Archaeogeophysical Survey. pp2-3,4, Plans 3-4.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 84119 02586 (1315m by 781m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | GREAT AND LITTLE HAMPDEN, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Survey: Magnetometry and resistivity surveys (EBC16000)
Record last edited
Jun 6 2022 3:00PM
