© Mapbox · © OpenStreetMap contributors · Boundary data © Historic England (NHLE)
Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork consisting of four sections between Uxbridge Road and Oxhey Lane in Middlesex. The monument comprises a bank and ditch alignment, characteristic of prehistoric or early medieval boundary works, though its precise dating remains uncertain within the broader tradition of such linear features in southern England. The sections represent surviving stretches of what may have been a more extensive territorial boundary, with the discontinuous nature of the surviving sections reflecting both the survival of archaeological evidence and possible historical modification of the landscape. The earthwork's name reflects the popular attribution of such linear features to legendary or mythological figures, a common tradition in English place nomenclature.
Grim's Ditch: four linear sections between Uxbridge Road and Oxhey Lane is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003530. View the official record →
Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork consisting of four sections between Uxbridge Road and Oxhey Lane in Middlesex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003530.
Grim's Ditch: four linear sections between Uxbridge Road and Oxhey Lane 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 1003530.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Pinner deer park, Pinner Park Farm (1.1 km), Grim's Ditch: section N of Blythwood House (2.3 km), Pinner Hill ice house, 70m north east of Pinner Hill Golf Clubhouse (2.4 km).
Aubrey generates in-depth historical research for any address in Britain — drawing on scheduled monument data, Domesday records, Roman heritage, PAS finds and medieval history to reveal the complete story of a landscape.
Research the area around Grim's Ditch: four linear sections between Uxbridge Road and Oxhey Lane