Monument record 0014015000 - GRIM'S DITCH, SW OF LANE'S END

Summary

Possible Iron Age linear earthwork recorded in field survey

Protected Status/Designation

  • Ancient Monument 1021200: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE GRIM'S DITCH: TWO SECTIONS BETWEEN OAKEN GROVE AND LANES END
  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Prehistoric linear boundary of Grims Ditch

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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 - Length 300m.
Plan Form - Linear.
Appears in pasture field (B1).
Runs SW from Lanes End. Seen as a bank & property boundary to SP903074, then as a small ridge in a field, to Oaken Grove (B2).
Not properly visible till SP90300746, where a ridge runs parallel to road. Pond/quarry has destroyed at SP90110727. Ditch on SE side seen in drought (B3).
Scheduled. SAM No. 35342/01 (B2).

Sources (5)

  • ---SBC18781 Aerial Photograph: 26/08/45. RAF 166.4018. SP\909078. Yes.
  • <1>SBC20466 Bibliographic reference: Royal Commision on Historical Monuments. 1912. Historical Monuments in Buckinghamshire. Volume 1. pp312-313.
  • <2>SBC4486 Bibliographic reference: EATON H B, OCT 1980 (SEE HIS WORK ON GRIM'S DITCH,FILED).
  • <3>SBC11998 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1983. PERS COMM FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT, AUG 1983.
  • <16>XYSBC19564 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1997. An Archaeological and Management Survey of Grim's Ditch, Buckinghamshire. [Mapped feature: #46102 ]

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 90202 07358 (244m by 228m)
Civil Parish WENDOVER, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

Related Events/Activities (1)

  • Event - Survey: (EBC17664)

Record last edited

Oct 13 2024 9:34PM

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