Monument record 0014000002 - GRIM'S DITCH

Summary

Late prehistoric linear earthwork known as Grim's Ditch

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  • Ancient Monument ()

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Type and Period (3)

  • LINEAR EARTHWORK (Early Iron Age to Saxon - 700 BC? to 1065 AD?)
  • BOUNDARY BANK (Iron Age to Saxon - 800 BC? to 1065 AD?)
  • BOUNDARY DITCH (Iron Age to Saxon - 800 BC? to 1065 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Length 0026 km
Plan Form - LINEAR
LENGTH FROM BERKHAMSTED-WYCOMBE ASSUMED TO BE A WHOLE. PROB ONCE IN OPEN OR CLEARED COUNTRY. WAS E LINE OF CUTHWOLF'S TERRITORY IN ANGLO-SAXON CHRONICLE C.571 (FURTHER DETAIL)(B5).
NOT EARLIER THAN SAXON; PERHAPS C5-C6 AD SUB-ROMAN SETTLERS (B6).
SAID TO BE IRON AGE. CUT BY 2 ROMAN ROADS. CATUVELLAUNI BOUNDARY (B7).

Sources (13)

  • <1>SBC14166 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P26.
  • <2>SBC265 Bibliographic reference: ALLCROFT A H 1908 EARTHWORK OF ENGLAND PP511-514.
  • <3>SBC15445 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 2 PP34-35.
  • <4>SBC3241 Article in serial: O G S Crawford. 1931. 'CHILTERN GRIM'S DITCH', IN ANTIQUITY 5 PP161-171. Vol 5.
  • <5>SBC6477 Article in serial: M W Hughes. 1931. 'GRIMS DITCH & CUTHWULF'S EXPEDITION TO THE CHILTERNS IN AD 571', IN ANTIQUITY 5 PP291-314. Vol 5.
  • <6>SBC16526 Article in serial: Mortimer Wheeler. 1934. WHEELER R E M 1934 'LONDON & THE GRIM'S DITCHES', IN ANTIQUARIES JOURNAL 14 PP254-263. Vol 14.
  • <7>SBC4461 Article in serial: James Dyer. 1963. 'THE CHILTERNS GRIMS DITCH', IN ANTIQUITY 37 PP46-49. Vol 37.
  • <8>SBC6307 Bibliographic reference: J F Head. 1955. 'EARLY MAN IN SOUTH BUCKS' PP65-66,77,89,103-104,111-112.
  • <9>SBC1800 Article in serial: Richard Bradley. 1968. 'SOUTH OXON GRIM'S DITCH & ITS SIGNIFICANCE', IN OXONIENSIA 33 PP1-13. Vol 33.
  • <10>SBC6418 Article in serial: J Hinchliffe. 1975. 'EXCAVATIONS AT GRIM'S DITCH, MONGEWELL,1974', IN OXONIENSIA 40 PP122-135. Vol 40.
  • <11>SBC16525 Unpublished document: Mortimer Wheeler. 1930. PHOTOCOPY OF WHEELER'S NOTES SUPPLIED BY C SAUNDERS, VERULAMIUM MUSEUM, FEB 1980.
  • <12>SBC4487 Unpublished document: H B Eaton. 1986. 'GRIM'S DITCH'.
  • <16>SBC19564 Unpublished document: Buckinghamshire County Museum Archaeological Service. 1997. An Archaeological and Management Survey of Grim's Ditch, Buckinghamshire.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8862 0366 (10450m by 11480m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish BUCKLAND, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish CHOLESBURY-CUM-ST. LEONARDS, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire
Civil Parish ASTON CLINTON, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Jul 19 2018 11:38AM

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