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Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork of probable Iron Age or Romano-British date located near Briary Cottages in Buckinghamshire. The monument consists of a 245-metre-long section of ditch surviving in Oaken Grove, accompanied by two post mill mounds situated approximately 235 metres to the south-east. Grim's Ditch earthworks, which occur at several locations across southern England, are thought to have functioned as territorial or defensive boundaries, though their precise chronology and purpose remain subjects of archaeological study. The survival of this section, together with the associated mounds, represents an important record of early landscape management and settlement activity in the county.
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 245m long section in Oaken Grove with two associated post mill mounds, 235m south east of Briary Cottages is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021197. View the official record →
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork of probable Iron Age or Romano-British date located near Briary Cottages in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021197.
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 245m long section in Oaken Grove with two associated post mill mounds, 235m south east of Briary Cottages 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 1021197.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 660m long section to the west of Walter's Ash (4.5 km), Earthworks in Park Wood (4.9 km), Bowl barrow 350m ENE of Saunderton Station (5.4 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 245m long section in Oaken Grove with two associated post mill mounds, 235m south east of Briary Cottages'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: 245m long section in Oaken Grove with two associated post mill mounds, 235m south east of Briary Cottages stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.