Grim's Ditch
Grim's Ditch , also Grim's Dyke or Grimsdyke , is the name of a number of earthworks in southern England .
Since the facilities are likely to have been too low for military purposes, they are viewed as a kind of border marker that may have been built in the late Iron Age (according to EW Sauer around 300 BC).
etymology
The name Grim goes back to the Anglo-Saxons or Normans . He is a synonym for the Norse god Odin . See also Graemsay Island in Orkney , Grimsay Island in the Hebrides, Grimsby Place in Lincolnshire, Grimsbury Castle Hillfort in Oxfordshire , Grim's Dyke (name for the Antonine Wall), Grim's Grave Stone Chest (also kistvaen) in Dartmoor . Grimes Graves Flint Mines, Grimshader (Grims Seat) on Lewis and Harris, Grims Lake Mire (a stone chest in the Grims Lake quagmire), Grim's Mounda round hill in Lincolnshire , Grimspound in Devon , Grimsetter (Grims seat) on Orkney and Shetland, Grimsthorpe Castle (Grims village), and several places called Grimston ( Grimston-Lyles Hill Ware ).
Overview
| Surname | county | Western end | Eastern end | course |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50 ° 58 ′ N , 1 ° 56 ′ W. | 50 ° 59 ' N , 1 ° 49' W | Bokerley Dyke , Martin , Hampshire | ||
| Oxfordshire | 51 ° 52 ′ N , 1 ° 29 ′ W. | 51 ° 52 ' N , 1 ° 23' W. | North Oxfordshire | |
| Oxfordshire | 51 ° 35 ′ N , 1 ° 7 ′ W. | 51 ° 35 ' N , 1 ° 2' W. | South Oxfordshire | |
| West Berkshire | 51 ° 33 ' N , 1 ° 23' W. | 51 ° 35 ′ N , 1 ° 4 ′ W. | ||
| Grim's Ditch (Chilterns) | 51 ° 40 ′ N , 0 ° 48 ′ W. | 51 ° 46 ' N , 0 ° 31' W. | ||
| Grim's Ditch (Harrow) | 51 ° 36 ' N , 0 ° 24' W. | 51 ° 37 ' N , 0 ° 21' W. |
literature
- Martin Henig, Paul Booth, Tim Allen: Roman Oxfordshire. Sutton, Stroud 2000, ISBN 0-7509-1959-0 .
- Eberhard W. Sauer: Middleton Stoney / Upper Heyford, Aves Ditch, earthwork and tribal boundary of the Iron Age. In: South Midland Archeology. Vol. 29, 1999, ISSN 0308-2067 , pp. 65-69.
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