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<< Text Pages >> Grim’s Ditch (Hertfordshire) - Misc. Earthwork in England in Hertfordshire

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Multi-periodSite Name: Grim’s Ditch (Hertfordshire) Alternative Name: Grimsdyke
Country: England
NOTE: This site is 2.522 km away from the location you searched for.

County: Hertfordshire Type: Misc. Earthwork

Map Ref: SP93850938
Latitude: 51.775232N  Longitude: 0.641146W
Condition:
5Perfect
4Almost Perfect
3Reasonable but with some damage
2Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site
1Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks
0No data.
-1Completely destroyed
no data Ambience:
5Superb
4Good
3Ordinary
2Not Good
1Awful
0No data.
no data Access:
5Can be driven to, probably with disabled access
4Short walk on a footpath
3Requiring a bit more of a walk
2A long walk
1In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find
0No data.
3 Accuracy:
5co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates
4co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map
3co-ordinates scaled from a bad map
2co-ordinates of the nearest village
1co-ordinates of the nearest town
0no data
5

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Earthwork in Hertfordshire (not to be confused with Grim's Ditch in Berkshire also listed on Megalithic Portal)

From Hertsdirect.com:

"Grims Ditch
Grim’s Ditch, Hastoe. At Hastoe Grim’s Ditch may have originally been about 3.5m wide and 2m deep. It had a wider bank about 2m high, which made the earthwork about 13m wide in total. Although the ditch and bank have suffered considerably from erosion about a mile of it, in varying states of preservation, can still be easily seen here today.

Take the Chesham Road from Wigginton and park just past the left-hand turn to Wigginton Bottom (or turn and park there). To reach Grim’s Ditch, take a footpath to the right a short distance from the Wigginton Bottom turn and before the left hand turn into Crawley’s Lane. Use the stile at the roadside and follow the footpath straight across the field to a second stile. Get over, and follow the path as it bears to the right round the edge of the field. After a short distance the path turns sharp left, at a low grassy bank - Grim’s Ditch. The footpath and Grim’s Ditch run straight down the gradual slope for about a mile, to Longcroft Farm. Grid reference SP 9385 0938 to SP 9176 0870. "

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Nearby Images from Geograph Britain and Ireland:
SP9309 : Chiltern Way by Shaun Ferguson
by Shaun Ferguson
©2009(licence)
SP9309 : Grim's Ditch Path by Rob Farrow
by Rob Farrow
©2006(licence)
SP9309 : Chiltern Way at Wigginton by David Hawgood
by David Hawgood
©2011(licence)
SP9309 : Chicane at entry to Wigginton by David Hawgood
by David Hawgood
©2011(licence)
SP9309 : Wigginton Bottom Signpost by Rob Farrow
by Rob Farrow
©2006(licence)

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