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Grims Ditch
Hob Uid: 1065699
Location : Wiltshire Teffont, Chilmark, Dinton, Fonthill Bishop, Wylye, Sherrington, Berwick St. Leonard, Stockton, Steeple Langford, Wilton, Great Wishford, Boyton, Barford St. Martin, Burcombe Without
Grid Ref : ST9480035400
Summary : Grovelly section. The ditch averages 5.0m wide and 0.5m deep with a weak bank on the South side. It is infilled in at least 6 places where Roman Roads cross it, and is probably therefore a Bronze/Iron Age ranch boundary.
More information : ST931361 - SU089328. Grims Ditch (Grovelly section). Interpreted as a BA/IA ranch boundary. It certainly predates the Roman roads which cut it. See Linear Archive for further details.

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Monument Period Name : Bronze Age
Display Date : Bronze Age
Monument End Date : -700
Monument Start Date : -2600
Monument Type : Ranch Boundary
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Monument Period Name : Iron Age
Display Date : Iron Age
Monument End Date : 43
Monument Start Date : -800
Monument Type : Ranch Boundary
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External Cross Reference Source : National Monuments Record Number
External Cross Reference Number : LINEAR 68
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Activity type : WATCHING BRIEF
Start Date : 2011-01-01
End Date : 2011-12-31

Historic England Research Records

Grims Ditch