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Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch, Hertfordshire

Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch is a stretch of a prehistoric boundary across Berkhamsted Hill near Potten End, Hertfordshire. It forms part of a larger feature known as the Buckinghamshire and Hertfordshire Grim's Ditch which includes numerous surviving sections from within three main linear earthworks aligned along the Chiltern Hills between Bradenham, Buckinghamshire and Potten End, Hertfordshire, spanning a total distance of 11 miles. It does not appear that these principal sections were ever joined to form a single continuous boundary. This section of the ditch within the council area of Dacorum (Hertfordshire).
Historic England Scheduled Monument 1005258.

Place Type: Prehistoric Earthwork
Historic County: Hertfordshire
Lat, Long: 51.771813,-0.54260554
Grid Reference: TL 0065 0913
Civil Parish: Nettleden with Potten End CP
Council Area: Dacorum CA (Hertfordshire CA)
Police Area: Hertfordshire PA

GBPN ID: 302190
Entry Type: Main listing (P)
URL: https://gazetteer.org.uk/place/Hertfordshire_Grim's_Ditch,_Hertfordshire_302190

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