Grim's Ditch
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Grim's Ditch or Grim's Dyke (also Grimsdyke in derivative names) is a name shared by a number of bank and ditch earthworks found on the chalk uplands of southern England.
Their original purpose is unknown but, as they are too small to be of military use, they may have served to demarcate territory. There is consensus among archaeologists that they were built around 300 BC.
[edit] Locations
| Grid reference | ||
|---|---|---|
| west | east | |
| SU042192 | SU133210 | Bokerley Dyke, Martin, Hampshire |
| SP359184 | SP426183 | north Oxfordshire |
| SU4284 | SU6487 | West Berkshire - see below |
| SU834977 | TL025085 | see Grim's Ditch (Chilterns) |
| TQ114904 | TQ141929 | see Grim's Ditch (Harrow) |
[edit] Berkshire
The West Berkshire ditch is a 5 - 6 mile section on the Berkshire Downs, the chalk escarpment above the Oxfordshire villages of Ardington, Hendred and Chilton.
[edit] See also
The name Graham's Dyke (an alternative name for the Antonine Wall) is believed to be a variant of Grim's Dyke.
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