Grim's Ditch | |
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![]() View towards Harrow from near summit of Grim's Ditch | |
Highest point | |
Elevation | 144 m (472 ft) |
Geography | |
Parent range | The Grim's Ditches |
OS grid | TQ138928 |
Topo map | OS Explorer 173 |
Climbing | |
Access | ![]() |
Grim's Ditch or Grim's Dyke or Grimes Dike is a linear earthwork in the London Borough of Harrow, in the historic county of Middlesex. Thought to have been built by the Catuvellauni tribe as a defence against the Romans, it extended east–west about 6 miles (9.7 km) from the edge of Stanmore where an elevated neighbourhood of London, Stanmore Hill, adjoins Bushey Heath to the far north of Pinner Green – Cuckoo Hill. Today the remaining earthworks start mid-way at Harrow Weald Common.[1]