Hampden Grims Ditch mounds

Has been described as a Questionable Timber Castle (Motte)

There are earthwork remains

NameHampden Grims Ditch mounds
Alternative NamesOaken Grove
Historic CountryBuckinghamshire
Modern AuthorityBuckinghamshire
1974 AuthorityBuckinghamshire
Civil ParishGreat and Little Hampden

Two 'mottes' possible connected with Grim's Ditch. Salter consideres these to be barrows. PastScape record reads "A close grouping such as this is unlikely for mottes, but it is feasible for windmill mounds, which is their most likely purpose, especially as the cross-cut excavation in one of the Oaken Grove mounds (Burgess, 1858) might imply the removal of post-mill sleeper beams."

See also Hampden Danes Camp mound

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law

Not Listed

Historic England (PastScape) Defra or Monument number(s)
County Historic Environment Record
OS Map Grid ReferenceSP856020
Latitude51.7104187011719
Longitude-0.763289988040924
Eastings485610
Northings202040
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Books

  • Salter, Mike, 2002, The Castles of The Thames Valley and The Chilterns (Malvern: Folly Publications) p. 35
  • King, D.J.C., 1983, Castellarium Anglicanum (London: Kraus) Vol. 1 p. 29 (possible)
  • RCHME, 1912, An inventory of the historical monuments in Buckinghamshire Vol. 1 (south) p. 163-4 online copy

Journals

  • Dyer, J.F., 1959, 'Barrows of the Chilterns' The Archaeological Journal Vol. 116 p. 7, 16 online copy
  • Renn, D.F., 1959, 'Mottes: a classification' Antiquity Vol. 33 p. 106-12 (listed as precursor to Great Hampden)
  • Crawford, O.G.S., 1931, Antiquity Vol. 5 p. 168
  • Burgess, B., 1858, 'Earth-Works at Hampden and Little Kimble' Records of Buckinghamshire Vol. 1 p. 139-40 online copy