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Grim's Bank is a linear earthwork of probable Iron Age or Romano-British date situated within Pennsylvania Wood at Ufton Park in Berkshire. The monument consists of a substantial bank with an associated ditch, extending for approximately 560 yards (510 metres) through the woodland. Its function remains characteristic of such linear features from this period, likely serving defensive or territorial demarcation purposes. The earthwork survives as a significant landscape feature and is protected as a scheduled ancient monument under the national heritage list.
Grim's Bank: section extending 560yds (510m) in Pennsylvania Wood, Ufton Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003769. View the official record →
Grim's Bank is a linear earthwork of probable Iron Age or Romano-British date situated within Pennsylvania Wood at Ufton Park in Berkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003769.
Grim's Bank: section extending 560yds (510m) in Pennsylvania Wood, Ufton 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 1003769.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Hillfort south west of Pond Farm, near Silchester (3.2 km), The Late Iron Age oppidum and Roman town of Calleva Atrebatum and associated features (3.9 km), Flex Ditch (4.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Grim's Bank: section extending 560yds (510m) in Pennsylvania Wood, Ufton Park'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.
Grim's Bank: section extending 560yds (510m) in Pennsylvania Wood, Ufton Park stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.