Monument record 0014011000 - GRIM'S DITCH, RUSHMOOR WOOD

Summary

Iron Age or Saxon Grim's Ditch thought to extend into Rushmoor Wood after field survey, may have been reused as a medieval woodland bank

Protected Status/Designation

  • Planning Notification Area: Earthworks of Prehistoric linear boundary of Grims Ditch (DBC9600)

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Type and Period (2)

  • BANK (EARTHWORK) (BANK & DITCH, Early Iron Age to Saxon - 700 BC? to 1065 AD?)
  • WOOD BANK? (Medieval - 1066 AD? to 1539 AD?)

Description

Dimensions - Width 0175 cm
Plan Form - LINEAR
TRACES OF BANK WITH DITCH ON E SIDE VISIBLE IN PASTURE N OF RUSHMOOR WOOD. ENTERING THE WOOD IT NARROWS TO C.1M WIDE & RESEMBLES A MEDIEVAL WOODLAND BANK, WHICH IT MAY HAVE BECOME. BANK VISIBLE TO S UP TO E TURN OF ROAD. ALIGNMENT & GENERAL APPEARANCE SUGGESTS THIS IS PART OF GRIM'S DITCH (B1-4). Profile across earthwork recorded by Network Archaeology in February 1999 (B18).

Sources (18)

  • <1>SBC12675 Bibliographic reference: RCHM BUCKS 1 P230.
  • <1>SBC14166 Bibliographic reference: SHEAHAN P26.
  • <2>SBC265 Bibliographic reference: ALLCROFT A H 1908 EARTHWORK OF ENGLAND PP511-514.
  • <2>SBC4483 Bibliographic reference: EATON CAPT. H B, OCT 1980 SEE HIS NOTES (FILED) 38 SPARROW CLOSE, BRAMPTON, HUNTINGDON.
  • <3>SBC12139 Verbal communication: Andrew Pike (BCM). 1983. PERS COMM, JULY 1983, FOLLOWING FIELD VISIT.
  • <3>SBC15445 Bibliographic reference: VCH BUCKS 2 PP34-35.
  • <4>SBC2433 Bibliographic reference: CAS CARD 0140:11.
  • <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SBC16525 Unpublished document: Mortimer Wheeler. 1930.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.
  • <18>SBC19566 Unpublished document: Network Archaeology. 1999. Grim's Ditch Archaeological and Management Survey Phase III. pp4,11,Appendix 2,Figs 6,24.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 8917 0410 (40m by 250m) (Centred on)
Civil Parish THE LEE, Chiltern, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13505)

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Jul 1 2019 2:53PM

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