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Length of Grim's Ditch partly under Bullerthorpe Lane 620m north of Gamblethorpe is a linear earthwork of probable Iron Age date located in Yorkshire. The monument consists of a ditch with associated bank, characteristic of defensive or boundary earthworks constructed during the Iron Age period. The ditch runs partly beneath modern Bullerthorpe Lane, demonstrating how ancient landscape features have been incorporated into the present topography. Such linear earthworks across northern England typically served territorial or defensive functions within Iron Age settlement patterns, though the specific chronology and purpose of this particular section of Grim's Ditch would require archaeological investigation to establish with precision.
Length of Grim's Ditch partly under Bullerthorpe Lane 620m north of Gamblethorpe is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018792. View the official record →
Length of Grim's Ditch partly under Bullerthorpe Lane 620m north of Gamblethorpe is a linear earthwork of probable Iron Age date located in Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018792.
Length of Grim's Ditch partly under Bullerthorpe Lane 620m north of Gamblethorpe 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 1018792.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Length of Grim's Ditch immediately north of Gamblethorpe (0.6 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 (1.1 km), Shrunken medieval village of Colton (1.8 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Length of Grim's Ditch partly under Bullerthorpe Lane 620m north of Gamblethorpe's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
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Length of Grim's Ditch partly under Bullerthorpe Lane 620m north of Gamblethorpe stands on Pennine Lower Coal Measures Formation And South Wales Lower Coal Measures Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Westphalian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, coal, ironstone and ferricrete.