Monument record 0014014000 - GRIM'S DITCH, OAKEN GROVE

Summary

Possible Iron Age linear earthwork recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1021199: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE GRIM'S DITCH: 1500M LONG SECTION FROM GREAT WIDMOOR WOOD TO OAKEN GROVE (DBC7222)
  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Prehistoric linear boundary of Grims Ditch (DBC9593)

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 270m.
Plan Form - Linear.
Rampart here is 6 feet above bottom of 38 feet wide ditch. Ditch course faintly visible in field on SW (B1).
Sscheduled: SAM No. 35341. Scheduling revised February 2004 (B2).
Ditch on SE side of bank. Line faintly visible from SP898070 SW to SP897069 (B3).
Scheduled stretch very obvious due to tree felling. Beyond is very faint (B4).
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. pp312-313.
  • <2>SBC13988 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 2004. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS: SAM NO. 35341.
  • <3>SBC4486 Bibliographic reference: EATON H B, OCT 1980 (SEE HIS WORK ON GRIM'S DITCH,FILED).
  • <4>SBC11998 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1983. PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT, AUG 1983.
  • <18>XYSBC19566 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 1999. Grim's Ditch Archaeological and Management Survey Phase III. pp4,11,Appendix 2,Figs 8,25. [Mapped feature: #46103 ]

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 89892 07069 (387m by 356m)
Civil Parish WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

Finds (0)

Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC17664)

Record last edited

Oct 13 2024 9:33PM

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