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Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork monument of Iron Age origin, forming part of an extensive defensive or boundary system that extends across northern Oxfordshire. This 900-metre section, situated north of Grim's Dyke Farm and running northwards into Hark Wood, comprises a substantial ditch with an accompanying bank, typical of the class of monuments designated as Grim's Dyke or Grim's Ditch throughout the region. The earthwork's primary function remains subject to scholarly debate, with interpretations ranging from territorial boundary to defensive fortification, though its Iron Age date establishes it within the later prehistoric period of considerable social complexity. The monument's survival as an upstanding landscape feature demonstrates the durability of such substantial earthen constructions across millennia of subsequent land use and agricultural activity.
900m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch 200m north of Grim's Dyke Farm, running north into Hark Wood is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1012907. View the official record →
Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork monument of Iron Age origin, forming part of an extensive defensive or boundary system that extends across northern Oxfordshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1012907.
900m section of the north Oxfordshire Grim's Ditch 200m north of Grim's Dyke Farm, running north into Hark Wood is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1012907.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Stonesfield Roman villa (3.8 km), Ten medieval pillow mounds and part of an associated enclosure 300m north west of Combe Lodge (3.9 km), Earthwork 300m south west of Fair Rosamund's Well, Blenheim Park (4 km).
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