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Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump

England

List entry 1003457

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1003457

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

10.84 hectares

Grid reference

SU 07948 22282, SU 06059 22154

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump is a linear earthwork monument situated in Wiltshire. The ditch and bank structure belongs to the category of prehistoric linear boundaries, likely dating to the Iron Age period, when such features were commonly constructed across southern England to demarcate land divisions, control livestock movement, or define territorial boundaries. The monument extends across the landscape between the named locations, surviving as a recognisable archaeological feature in the modern terrain. As a scheduled ancient monument, it represents an important record of prehistoric land management and settlement patterns in the region.

Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003457. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump?

Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump is a linear earthwork monument situated in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003457.

Who is responsible for protecting Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump?

Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump 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 1003457.

What other scheduled monuments are near Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow 45m south west of Bowldish Pond (7.6 km), Part of Ackling Dyke (Roman road), including Roman road on Oakley Down (7.8 km), Two round barrows S of Cranborne Farm (8 km).

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Everything a full report reveals about Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump

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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.

Spotlight

A deep dive into the most remarkable, lesser-known history of the place, traced back to the record.

Target Zones

For detectorists: the most promising ground to search nearby, ranked by confidence, with what to expect.

Timeline

The whole story of the location told era by era, from prehistory to the present day.

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow 45m south west of Bowldish Pond

7.6 km

Part of Ackling Dyke (Roman road), including Roman road on Oakley Down

7.8 km

Two round barrows S of Cranborne Farm

8 km

Barrows in and near The Drive Plantation

Castle mound (or Castle Hill)

9.5 km

Two barrows near Ackling Dyke

9.5 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump

Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Grim's Ditch: Old Lodge Copse to Toyd Clump

Old SarumArchaeological site · ~8.2 miles StonehengeArchaeological site · ~13.1 miles

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