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Deerpound on Toot Hill is a medieval or post-medieval enclosure located in Cheshire. The monument comprises an earthwork bank and ditch forming a roughly circular or oval enclosed area, typical of the livestock management structures constructed across northern England during the medieval period and later. Such deerpounds were purpose-built enclosures designed to contain deer, often associated with manorial estates and their hunting activities. The site's preservation as an earthwork provides evidence of the landscape management practices and resource exploitation characteristic of medieval rural economy in the region.
Deerpound on Toot Hill is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1011163. View the official record →
Deerpound on Toot Hill is a medieval or post-medieval enclosure located in Cheshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1011163.
Deerpound on Toot Hill 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 1011163.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Toot Hill (0.1 km), Wayside cross 500m north of Sutton End Farm (3.2 km), Ridge Hall moated site and annexe (3.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Deerpound on Toot Hill'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.
Deerpound on Toot Hill stands on Millstone Grit Group [See Also Migr], bedrock that formed in the Namurian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.