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Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch is an ancient linear earthwork extending from Redland End through Barnes's Grove to Hampden Park in Buckinghamshire. The monument consists of a substantial ditch with an associated bank, characteristic of Iron Age defensive or territorial boundaries constructed in southern England during the first millennium BC. This particular section represents part of the wider Grim's Ditch system that runs across Buckinghamshire and adjacent counties, though the precise function of such monuments remains debated among archaeologists, with interpretations ranging from territorial markers to stock management features. The earthwork survives as an upstanding archaeological feature within the designated landscape and forms part of the broader network of prehistoric linear earthworks that define the Iron Age landscape of the Chiltern region.
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: section extending from Redland End through Barnes's Grove to Hampden Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021195. View the official record →
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch is an ancient linear earthwork extending from Redland End through Barnes's Grove to Hampden Park in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021195.
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: section extending from Redland End through Barnes's Grove to Hampden Park 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 1021195.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 660m long section to the west of Walter's Ash (4.6 km), Earthworks in Park Wood (4.7 km), Bowl barrow 350m ENE of Saunderton Station (4.9 km).
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