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Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork monument consisting of a substantial ditch with accompanying bank, forming part of a much longer defensive or territorial boundary system in the region. This particular 1150 metre section, located between Shire Lane and Kiln Road, represents a clearly defined archaeological feature that survives as an identifiable landscape element. The monument is thought to date from the Iron Age or Romano-British period, periods during which such linear earthworks served important functions in controlling movement, delineating territory, or defending settlement areas. The ditch-and-bank construction remains archaeologically significant as evidence of ancient land management and settlement patterns in Hertfordshire.
Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 1150m long section between Shire Lane and Kiln Road is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021203. View the official record →
Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork monument consisting of a substantial ditch with accompanying bank, forming part of a much longer defensive or territorial boundary system in the region. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1021203.
Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 1150m long section between Shire Lane and Kiln Road 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 1021203.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Buckinghamshire Grim's Ditch: 1500m long section from Great Widmoor Wood to Oaken Grove (3.6 km), Moated site and associated earthworks in Bray's Wood (4.1 km), Hawridge Court ringwork (4.2 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 1150m long section between Shire Lane and Kiln Road'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.
Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch: 1150m long section between Shire Lane and Kiln Road stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.