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Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork monument located on Colton Common in Yorkshire. This section of the ditch, extending from Cotton Road East to the A63, represents part of a longer defensive or territorial boundary feature typical of Iron Age construction, though the precise dating and original extent of this particular segment remain subjects of archaeological study. The monument survives as a distinctive linear bank and ditch formation visible within the landscape, preserving evidence of ancient land division or fortification practices. As a scheduled ancient monument, it forms part of the broader network of Grim's Ditch features recorded across Yorkshire and neighbouring regions.
Length of Grim's Ditch from Cotton Road East to the A63, Colton Common is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018794. View the official record →
Grim's Ditch is a linear earthwork monument located on Colton Common in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018794.
Length of Grim's Ditch from Cotton Road East to the A63, Colton Common 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 1018794.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Length of Grim's Ditch immediately east of Barrowby Road (0.5 km), Length of Grim's Ditch extending 1.4km from a point 70m south of Cotton Road East to the south east corner of Avenue Wood (0.8 km), Length of Grim's Ditch 260m west of Brown Moor Farm (0.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Length of Grim's Ditch from Cotton Road East to the A63, Colton Common'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.
Length of Grim's Ditch from Cotton Road East to the A63, Colton Common stands on Pennine Middle Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Middle Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.