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The length of deer park bank and ditch at Alderholt is a medieval landscape feature in Dorset comprising an earthwork boundary associated with a documented deer park. The monument consists of a bank and accompanying ditch that formed the enclosure of the park, a form of land management and elite resource exploitation characteristic of the medieval period. Such parks served both practical and aesthetic purposes for landholding families, functioning as enclosed hunting grounds and status symbols. The survival of the earthwork demonstrates the substantial investment required to construct and maintain these aristocratic features across the medieval countryside.
Length of deer park bank and ditch at Alderholt is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002394. View the official record →
The length of deer park bank and ditch at Alderholt is a medieval landscape feature in Dorset comprising an earthwork boundary associated with a documented deer park. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002394.
Length of deer park bank and ditch at Alderholt 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 1002394.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two bowl barrows 445m south-west of Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar in Ringwood Forest (6.1 km), Bowl barrow 520m south of Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar in Ringwood Forest (6.2 km), Bowl barrow 620m south of Ordnance Survey triangulation pillar in Ringwood Forest (6.3 km).
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