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Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork of probable Iron Age date forming part of the extensive system of defensive or territorial boundaries known as Grim's Ditch that runs across the Chilterns. This 176-metre section, located south-west of White House Farm, survives as a substantial bank and ditch feature characteristic of Iron Age linear works in the region. The monument exemplifies the pattern of land division and possible defensive infrastructure employed during the pre-Roman period across central England. Such linear earthworks typically served to demarcate territories, control movement, or defend communities and their territories during the first millennium BC.
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 of probable Iron Age date forming part of the extensive system of defensive or territorial boundaries known as Grim's Ditch that runs across the Chilterns. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 176m long section south west of White House Farm'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: 176m long section south west of White House Farm stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.