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| HHER Number: | 2023 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | GRIM'S DITCH, SHOOTERSWAY, BERKHAMSTED |
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Summary - not yet available
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Monument Types
- LINEAR EARTHWORK (Prehistoric - 8500 BC to 101 BC)
Associated Events
- Watching brief at Egerton-Rothesay School, Durrants Lane, Berkhamsted, 2008
Protected Status
- Area of Archaeological Significance
- SHINE: Section of Grim's Ditch northwest of Berkhamsted
Full description
A short length of Grim's Ditch at the northern boundary of the playing field of Thomas Bourne School. The bank is c.1m high by c.2m wide. Several large trees are growing on the bank. The ditch is hardly visible <1>.
Observation at Egerton-Rothesay School 130m to the west was inconclusive <2>.
OS Records (Index). SHT8223.
<1> Stewart Bryant (HCC), Information, Site visit 23.1.92 (Verbal communication). SHT5002.
<2> Hunn, Jonathan R, 2008, Watching brief: Egerton-Rothesay School, Durrants Lane, Berkhamsted, Herts, RNO 2454 (Report). SHT5906.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Index: OS Records. |
| <1> | Verbal communication: Stewart Bryant (HCC). Information. Site visit 23.1.92. |
| <2> | Report: Hunn, Jonathan R. 2008. Watching brief: Egerton-Rothesay School, Durrants Lane, Berkhamsted, Herts. watching brief. RNO 2454. |
Related records
| 50 | Part of: GRIM'S DITCH, FROM BERKHAMSTED TO LEYLANDS FARM, BUCKS (Monument) |
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