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The medieval deer park pale surrounding Fountains Park is a scheduled ancient monument located near Ripon in North Yorkshire. Dating from the medieval period, the pale consists of an earthwork bank and ditch that formerly enclosed the deer park associated with Fountains Abbey, one of England's most significant Cistercian monasteries. The surviving earthwork represents the boundary of this hunting and resource management landscape, which would have been maintained by the monastic community. The pale demonstrates the scale and character of medieval monastic land use beyond the abbey buildings themselves, illustrating the economic importance of managed game reserves to religious institutions.
Medieval deer park pale surrounding Fountains Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020120. View the official record →
The medieval deer park pale surrounding Fountains Park is a scheduled ancient monument located near Ripon in North Yorkshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020120.
Medieval deer park pale surrounding Fountains Park 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 1020120.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Medieval monastic fishponds immediately east of Park House (0.4 km), Medieval monastic grange and site of medieval settlement at Ninevah (0.8 km), Site of medieval chapel and section of Fountains Park park pale, 170m south west of How Hill Farm (1 km).
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