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Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork monument consisting of a bank and ditch formation extending approximately 1500 metres between Great Widmoor Wood and Oaken Grove in Buckinghamshire. The monument represents a section of a larger defensive or territorial boundary system, typical of Iron Age earthwork construction in southern England, though the precise dating and original extent of this particular segment remain subjects of archaeological study. The surviving remains comprise an upcast bank with an accompanying ditch, characteristic of prehistoric land demarcation features that were maintained and reinforced over extended periods. This section is designated as a scheduled ancient monument under the Heritage List for England reference 1021199, recognising its archaeological significance as evidence of Iron Age settlement patterns and land organisation in the Chilterns region.
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1500m long section from Great Widmoor Wood to Oaken Grove is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021199. View the official record →
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork monument consisting of a bank and ditch formation extending approximately 1500 metres between Great Widmoor Wood and Oaken Grove in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021199.
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1500m long section from Great Widmoor Wood to Oaken Grove 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 1021199.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood (2.7 km), Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 350m long section extending north east from Cottage Farm (3.1 km), Moated site immediately north west of Little Pednor Farm (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1500m long section from Great Widmoor Wood to Oaken Grove's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1500m long section from Great Widmoor Wood to Oaken Grove stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.