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Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch is an ancient linear earthwork comprising two sections located between Oaken Grove and Lanes End in Buckinghamshire. The monument consists of a ditch with associated banks, characteristic of the Grim's Ditch class of linear features found across southern England. These earthworks are typically attributed to the Iron Age period, though their precise chronology and function remain subjects of scholarly debate; they may have served as territorial boundaries, stock control features, or defensive works. The two recorded sections represent surviving portions of what was once a more extensive linear system, now largely obscured or destroyed by subsequent land use and development.
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: two sections between Oaken Grove and Lanes End is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021200. View the official record →
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch is an ancient linear earthwork comprising two sections located between Oaken Grove and Lanes End in Buckinghamshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021200.
Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: two sections between Oaken Grove and Lanes End 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 1021200.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood (2.9 km), Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 350m long section extending north east from Cottage Farm (4.2 km), Hawridge Court ringwork (4.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: two sections between Oaken Grove and Lanes End'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: two sections between Oaken Grove and Lanes End stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.