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Grim's Bank is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Berkshire, England. This section of the monument extends approximately 240 yards (220 metres) eastward from Padworth Gully and forms part of a longer defensive or territorial boundary system characteristic of the Iron Age period. The earthwork survives as a substantial bank, representing significant investment in landscape organisation and control during prehistoric times. Such linear monuments commonly functioned as boundaries defining territories, controlling movement, or providing defensive positions during the later prehistoric period in southern Britain.
Grim's Bank: section extending 240yds (220m) E of Padworth Gully is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005389. View the official record →
Grim's Bank is a linear earthwork of Iron Age date located in Berkshire, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005389.
Grim's Bank: section extending 240yds (220m) E of Padworth Gully 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 1005389.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Late Iron Age oppidum and Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum and associated features (3.5 km), Flex Ditch (3.6 km), Three sections of a linear earthwork between Churchlane Copse and Early Bridge Copse, south of Silchester (4.2 km).
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