Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Hollins Scar

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History & significance

Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Hollins Scar is a linear earthwork forming part of the perimeter of a medieval deer park in the parish of Westmorland, England. The dyke represents a physical manifestation of the late medieval period's organised landscape management, when deer parks served as prestigious resources for noble and gentry landholding. The structure, identified through both archaeological survey and topographical analysis, survives as an elevated bank or ditch system characteristic of medieval park boundaries, which functioned to contain deer and demarcate territorial ownership. This monument contributes to the archaeological evidence of upland pastoral organisation and the exercise of feudal privileges within the wider landscape of northern England during the medieval period.

Medieval dyke: part of deer park boundary at Hollins Scar is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1008145. View the official record →

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