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Grim's Bank: section extending 300yds (275m) in Church Plantation

England
List entry 1005373
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1005373
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.77 hectares
Grid reference
SU 63481 66693
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Grim's Bank is a linear earthwork of probable Iron Age date located in Church Plantation near Inkpen in Berkshire. This section of the monument, measuring approximately 300 yards in length, survives as a substantial bank forming part of a defensive or territorial boundary system characteristic of prehistoric ridge-and-furrow land division or hillfort protection. The earthwork demonstrates the strategic significance of the upland areas of the North Wessex Downs during the Iron Age period. The monument remains an important archaeological resource for understanding prehistoric settlement patterns and land use in the region.

Grim's Bank: section extending 300yds (275m) in Church Plantation is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1005373. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Grim's Bank: section extending 300yds (275m) in Church Plantation?

Grim's Bank is a linear earthwork of probable Iron Age date located in Church Plantation near Inkpen in Berkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005373.

Who is responsible for protecting Grim's Bank: section extending 300yds (275m) in Church Plantation?

Grim's Bank: section extending 300yds (275m) in Church Plantation 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 1005373.

What other scheduled monuments are near Grim's Bank: section extending 300yds (275m) in Church Plantation?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hillfort south west of Pond Farm, near Silchester (3.7 km), The Late Iron Age oppidum and Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum and associated features (4.3 km), Flex Ditch (5.1 km).

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Overview
An interactive map of the location with every monument and battle plotted, and a plain-language history built only from what the record holds.
Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Target Zones
For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Hillfort south west of Pond Farm, near Silchester
3.7 km
The Late Iron Age oppidum and Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum and associated features
4.3 km
Flex Ditch
5.1 km
Three sections of a linear earthwork between Churchlane Copse and Early Bridge Copse, south of Silchester
5.2 km
Moated site and associated fishponds 100m south of Clappers Farm
5.5 km
Linear earthwork in Gravelpit Copse and near Byes Lane, south west of Silchester
6 km
Linear earthwork in Bridle's Copse, south west of Silchester
6.3 km
Round barrow cemetery at Brimpton Common
7 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Grim's Bank: section extending 300yds (275m) in Church Plantation

Grim's Bank: section extending 300yds (275m) in Church Plantation stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.

The wider landscape

Around Grim's Bank: section extending 300yds (275m) in Church Plantation

SilchesterRoman town · ~2.7 milesDorchester-on-ThamesRoman town · ~17.5 milesFirst Battle of NewburyBattle (1643) · ~11.2 milesBattle of Chalgrove 1643Battle (1643) · ~19.4 milesBattle of Cheriton 1644Battle (1644) · ~23.2 miles
Domesday entry for Ufton, Berkshire →
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