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Gillingham Park boundary bank is a linear earthwork located in Dorset, England, forming part of the defensive or demarcative infrastructure associated with a medieval deer park. The bank survives as a substantial ground feature, representing the physical boundary that would have enclosed and managed the park landscape during the medieval period. Such park boundaries served both practical purposes in containing deer and symbolic functions in denoting aristocratic land ownership and control. The monument is recorded on the National Heritage List for England as a significant example of medieval landscape management and park engineering.
Gillingham Park boundary bank is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002382. View the official record →
Gillingham Park boundary bank is a linear earthwork located in Dorset, England, forming part of the defensive or demarcative infrastructure associated with a medieval deer park. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002382.
Gillingham Park boundary bank 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 1002382.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Melbury Beacon and circular enclosure on Melbury Hill (6.7 km), Cross dyke and linear boundary on Melbury Hill and Compton Down (7 km), St Mary's Church, remains of, East Compton (7.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Gillingham Park boundary bank'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.
Gillingham Park boundary bank stands on West Walton Formation, Ampthill Clay Formation And Kimmeridge Clay Formation (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Kimmeridgian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.