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Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork consisting of a ditch and bank, surviving as a 660-metre section west of Walter's Ash in the Chilterns. The monument is characteristic of Grim's Ditch systems found across southern England, which are variously interpreted as prehistoric boundary markers, territorial divisions, or defensive structures, though their precise original function and dating remain subjects of scholarly debate. The earthwork represents an important landscape feature within the Iron Age or earlier prehistoric period, preserving evidence of ancient land organisation and settlement patterns in the Buckinghamshire landscape. The surviving section demonstrates the scale and engineering effort involved in such linear monuments, though much of the original system has been lost to modern land use and development.
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 660m long section to the west of Walter's Ash is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021193. View the official record →
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork consisting of a ditch and bank, surviving as a 660-metre section west of Walter's Ash in the Chilterns. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021193.
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 660m long section to the west of Walter's Ash 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 1021193.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Earthworks in Park Wood (0.7 km), Bowl barrow 350m ENE of Saunderton Station (1.7 km), Bowl barrow at Molin's Works, part of the Saunderton Lee round barrow cemetery (2.7 km).
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