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Langford Warren Lodge (also called Ickburgh Lodge)

England
List entry 1485683
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1485683
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.07 hectares
Grid reference
TL8168797674
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Langford Warren Lodge is a scheduled ancient monument located in Norfolk, England, comprising the remains of a medieval warren structure. The lodge dates to the medieval period and represents evidence of the organised management of rabbit warrens, which were important resources for food and fur in medieval and post-medieval estates. The site contains earthwork features characteristic of warren administration, including banks and ditches that formed part of the infrastructure for controlling and containing rabbit populations. Such lodges served as both practical bases for warren keepers and indicators of the economic value placed on these carefully managed enclosed lands by their medieval proprietors.

Langford Warren Lodge (also called Ickburgh Lodge) is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1485683. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Langford Warren Lodge (also called Ickburgh Lodge)?

Langford Warren Lodge is a scheduled ancient monument located in Norfolk, England, comprising the remains of a medieval warren structure.

Who is responsible for protecting Langford Warren Lodge (also called Ickburgh Lodge)?

Langford Warren Lodge (also called Ickburgh Lodge) 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 1485683.

What other scheduled monuments are near Langford Warren Lodge (also called Ickburgh Lodge)?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow in Mount Ephraim Plantation, 770m north west of Field Barn (7.4 km), Bowl barrow and pond barrow in Mount Ephraim Plantation, 810m north west of Field Barn (7.5 km), Wayside cross known as Stump Cross in Mount Ephraim Plantation (7.6 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
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Legal
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow in Mount Ephraim Plantation, 770m north west of Field Barn
7.4 km
Bowl barrow and pond barrow in Mount Ephraim Plantation, 810m north west of Field Barn
7.5 km
Wayside cross known as Stump Cross in Mount Ephraim Plantation
7.6 km
Two bowl barrows 560m east of Emily's Wood
7.7 km
Grimes Graves, including round barrow in Grimes Graves Plantation
7.8 km
Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 650m west of Pilgrims' Walk
8.1 km
Bowl barrow on Bunker's Hill, 760m west of Pilgrims' Walk
8.3 km
Bowl barrow in Lynnroad Covert, 870m south east of Heath Farm
8.8 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Langford Warren Lodge (also called Ickburgh Lodge)

Langford Warren Lodge (also called Ickburgh Lodge) stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Langford Warren Lodge (also called Ickburgh Lodge)

Grimes GravesArchaeological site · ~4.8 miles
Domesday entry for Bodney, Norfolk →
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