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Ongar Park Pale is a fragmentary earthwork forming part of a medieval deer park boundary in Essex. The pale, a linear bank and ditch feature, dates to the medieval period and represents the physical demarcation of a hunting enclosure associated with the aristocratic estate at Ongar. The surviving section northwest of Collier's Hatch preserves evidence of the park's extent and management during the later medieval period, though much of the original boundary has been lost to subsequent agricultural use and development. Such pale boundaries were characteristic features of elite landscape control in medieval England, serving both practical and symbolic functions in the organization of lordly estates.
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 fragmentary earthwork forming part of a medieval deer park boundary 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).
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