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Multi-periodSite Name: Grim’s Ditch (Hertfordshire) Alternative Name: GrimsdykeCountry: 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:
5 | Perfect |
4 | Almost Perfect |
3 | Reasonable but with some damage |
2 | Ruined but still recognisable as an ancient site |
1 | Pretty much destroyed, possibly visible as crop marks |
0 | No data. |
-1 | Completely destroyed |
5 | Superb |
4 | Good |
3 | Ordinary |
2 | Not Good |
1 | Awful |
0 | No data. |
5 | Can be driven to, probably with disabled access |
4 | Short walk on a footpath |
3 | Requiring a bit more of a walk |
2 | A long walk |
1 | In the middle of nowhere, a nightmare to find |
0 | No data. |
5 | co-ordinates taken by GPS or official recorded co-ordinates |
4 | co-ordinates scaled from a detailed map |
3 | co-ordinates scaled from a bad map |
2 | co-ordinates of the nearest village |
1 | co-ordinates of the nearest town |
0 | no data |
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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. "
More at: http://www.hertsdirect.org/libsleisure/heritage1/archaeology/moreaboutarch/archsites/grimsditch/
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