Scheduled Monuments›England›Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe

Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe

England

List entry 1020884

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1020884

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

1.94 hectares

Grid reference

SU 82830 99136

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork monument consisting of a ditch and bank formation extending approximately 1.13 kilometres from Grymsdyke Manor towards RAF High Wycombe. The structure dates to the Iron Age and represents a defensive or territorial boundary work characteristic of prehistoric land division in southern England. The earthwork survives as a physical feature marking ancient landscape organisation, with its ditch-and-bank profile still visible in the modern topography. This section is one of several segments of the broader Grim's Ditch system that traverses Buckinghamshire and the surrounding region, forming part of an important network of prehistoric linear features.

Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020884. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe?

Who is responsible for protecting Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe?

Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe 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 1020884.

What other scheduled monuments are near Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthworks in Park Wood (1.1 km), Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 660m long section to the west of Walter's Ash (1.3 km), Bowl barrow 350m ENE of Saunderton Station (1.5 km).

Unlimited access

Everything a full report reveals about Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe

This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:

Overview

An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.

Monuments

The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.

Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.

Local Names

What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.

Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

Literature

The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.

Legal

The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.

Spotlight

A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.

Target Zones

For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.

Timeline

The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.

First month just £4.99, then £9.99 a month. Unlimited locations, cancel anytime.

Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.

Start your Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe report

Or see a real report first

Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Earthworks in Park Wood

1.1 km

Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 660m long section to the west of Walter's Ash

1.3 km

Bowl barrow 350m ENE of Saunderton Station

1.5 km

Bowl barrow 140m WNW of Slough Glebe Farm, part of the Saunderton Lee round barrow cemetery

2.1 km

Bowl barrow at Molin's Works, part of the Saunderton Lee round barrow cemetery

2.2 km

Bell barrow 260m WNW of Slough Glebe Farm, part of the Saunderton Lee barrow cemetery

2.2 km

Roman villa east of Lodge Hill Farm

3.1 km

Camp on Church Hill

4.3 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe

Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1.13km long section from Grymsdyke Manor to RAF High Wycombe

Dorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~15.8 miles St AlbansRoman town · ~19.6 miles AlchesterRoman town · ~20.5 miles Battle of Chalgrove 1643Battle (1643) · ~11.2 miles

Domesday entry for Bradenham, Buckinghamshire →

All Scheduled Monuments