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Ongar Park Pale is a medieval deer park boundary earthwork located northwest of Collier's Hatch in Essex. The pale, which dates from the medieval period, comprises a substantial bank and ditch that once enclosed a hunting park associated with Ongar Castle. The earthwork survives as a prominent linear feature in the landscape, representing the physical infrastructure of aristocratic landholding and the managed exploitation of woodland resources during the medieval period. Such pales were constructed to contain and protect deer herds, which were valued for both hunting and their economic worth to the estate.
Ongar Park Pale north west of Collier's Hatch is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014143. View the official record →
Ongar Park Pale is a medieval deer park boundary earthwork located northwest of Collier's Hatch in Essex. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014143.
Ongar Park Pale north west of Collier's Hatch 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 1014143.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Moat House moated site (0.6 km), A London mobilisation centre known as the North Weald Redoubt (1.6 km), Moated site known as Marshalls, 290m south of Weald Place (2.9 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Ongar Park Pale north west of Collier's Hatch'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.
Ongar Park Pale north west of Collier's Hatch stands on Thames Group, bedrock that formed in the Eocene. The rock here is clay, silt, sand and gravel.