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Deer park and rabbit warren at Newnham Park is a medieval and post-medieval landscape feature located in Devon. The site comprises both a deer park, a common ornamental and hunting resource of the medieval nobility, and a rabbit warren, which served the practical purpose of providing a managed source of game for consumption and fur. Such paired facilities were characteristic of elite estates during the medieval and early modern periods, reflecting both the status of the landowner and the organised exploitation of estate resources. The physical remains of these features survive as earthworks within the landscape, documenting the historical land use patterns of Newnham Park estate.
Deer park and rabbit warren at Newnham Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020169. View the official record →
Deer park and rabbit warren at Newnham Park is a medieval and post-medieval landscape feature located in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020169.
Deer park and rabbit warren at Newnham Park is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1020169.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Deer park pale, 460m north east of Lyneham House (5.5 km), Cross in grounds of Stentaway House, Billacombe (6.1 km), Round barrow on Burrow Hill (7.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Deer park and rabbit warren at Newnham Park's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Deer park and rabbit warren at Newnham Park stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.