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Grim's Bank is a linear earthwork of Anglo-Saxon date located in Church Plantation near the Berkshire-Oxfordshire border. The monument consists of a substantial bank and ditch system, of which approximately 300 yards (275 metres) survives within the plantation. Such linear earthworks are characteristic of early medieval territorial or defensive boundaries, though the precise function of this particular example remains subject to scholarly interpretation. The survival of this section within woodland has aided its preservation, maintaining its archaeological integrity as evidence of early medieval land organisation and landscape 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 →
Grim's Bank is a linear earthwork of Anglo-Saxon date located in Church Plantation near the Berkshire-Oxfordshire border. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1005373.
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.
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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