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Deer park pale in Stubb's Coppice, Hogstock Coppice and Sing Close Coppice is a medieval deer park boundary earthwork located in Dorset, England. The pale consists of a substantial bank and ditch that formerly enclosed a hunting park, a landscape feature typical of the medieval period when such enclosed spaces were maintained by landowners of status for the management of deer and other game. The surviving earthwork demonstrates the physical infrastructure required to contain and regulate wildlife within a demarcated estate boundary. This monument represents an important aspect of medieval land use and the economic and recreational practices of the nobility and gentry.
Deer park pale in Stubb's Coppice, Hogstock Coppice and Sing Close Coppice is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019952. View the official record →
Deer park pale in Stubb's Coppice, Hogstock Coppice and Sing Close Coppice is a medieval deer park boundary earthwork located in Dorset, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019952.
Deer park pale in Stubb's Coppice, Hogstock Coppice and Sing Close Coppice 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 1019952.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Roman camp, forts and a vexillation fortress 240m north of Lake Farm (8.9 km), Roman camp, forts and a vexillation fortress 240m north of Lake Farm (8.9 km), The Henbury Barrow, a bowl barrow 800m west of Henbury Hall (9 km).
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