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Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork consisting of a bank and ditch system typical of Iron Age defensive or territorial boundaries. This particular 176-metre section located south west of White House Farm represents part of the broader Grim's Ditch complex that extends across the Chilterns region. The monument dates to the Iron Age period, when such linear earthworks served variously as boundary markers, stock enclosures, or defensive features defining territories between communities. The survival of this section, despite centuries of agricultural use, preserves evidence of prehistoric land division and settlement patterns in the Buckinghamshire landscape.
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 176m long section south west of White House Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020885. View the official record →
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork consisting of a bank and ditch system typical of Iron Age defensive or territorial boundaries. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020885.
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 176m long section south west of White House Farm 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 1020885.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthworks in Park Wood (2.3 km), Bowl barrow 350m ENE of Saunderton Station (2.4 km), Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 660m long section to the west of Walter's Ash (2.4 km).
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