Monument record 0014018000 - GRIM'S DITCH BETWEEN LEYLANDS FARM AND SHIRE LANE
Summary
Protected Status/Designation
- Ancient Monument 1021202: BUCKINGHAMSHIRE GRIM'S DITCH: 875M LONG SECTION BETWEEN LEYLANDS FARM AND SHIRE LANE
- Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Prehistoric linear boundary 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 850m.
Plan Form - Linear.
This stretch poorly preserved but quite distinct. Ditch on S side, line of bank visible & marked by ground rising abruptly in hedge (Cholesbury) & field N of lane (Drayton Beauchamp), where bank is 1m high, though ditch lost under trackway. To S bank covered in shrubs (B1-4).
Scheduled Ancient Monument No.35344, Scheduling updated February 2004 (B3).
Watching brief at 1 Bridleway, Cholesbury by Network Archaeology in February 2000 in close proximity to line of Grim's Ditch failed to reveal any associated activity (B15).
2 profiles across earthwork recorded by Network Archaeology in February 1999 (B18).
Included in English Heritage's Heritage at Risk Register 2009. Condition described as 'Generally satisfactory but with significant localised problems' with the principal vulnerability from arable ploughing and trend as declining (B28).
Sources (8)
- <1>SBC15530 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 3 P341.
- <2>SBC12742 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P69.
- <3>SBC13998 Scheduling record: English Heritage. 2004. SCHEDULING LISTS OF INSPECTORATE OF ANCIENT MONUMENTS.
- <4>SBC10416 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1960. OS 1960 SIX INCH MAP. 1:10,560.
- <15>SBC19462 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 2000. 1, Bridleway, Shire Lane, Cholesbury: Archaeological Watching Brief.
- <16>XYSBC19564 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1997. An Archaeological and Management Survey of Grim's Ditch, Buckinghamshire. [Mapped feature: #46099 ]
- <18>SBC19566 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 1999. Grim's Ditch Archaeological and Management Survey Phase III. pp4,11,Appendix 2, Figs 8,25.
- <28>SBC23453 Bibliographic reference: English Heritage. 2009. Heritage at Risk Register 2009: South East. p29.
Location
| Grid reference | Centred SP 91277 08312 (706m by 575m) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | BUCKLAND, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | CHOLESBURY-CUM-ST. LEONARDS, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire |
| Civil Parish | DRAYTON BEAUCHAMP, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
Finds (0)
Related Monuments/Buildings (1)
Related Events/Activities (1)
- Event - Intervention: Watching brief (EBC15953)
Record last edited
Feb 27 2022 4:21PM
