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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 →
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. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020884.
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.
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).
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