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Park pale at Marwell is a linear earthwork of medieval date, consisting of a bank and ditch that formerly enclosed a deer park associated with Marwell estate in Hampshire. The monument runs northwards from the vicinity of Thistle Ridge Farm and represents the physical boundary of a hunting landscape that would have been maintained by the local landholding elite during the medieval period. Deer parks were a characteristic feature of the medieval countryside, denoting both wealth and status, and their surviving earthwork boundaries provide important archaeological evidence for the organization of rural land use in this region. The pale at Marwell survives as a notable example of such medieval park infrastructure, despite the subsequent agricultural development of the surrounding landscape.
Park pale at Marwell, north of Thistle Ridge Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017607. View the official record →
Park pale at Marwell is a linear earthwork of medieval date, consisting of a bank and ditch that formerly enclosed a deer park associated with Marwell estate in Hampshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017607.
Park pale at Marwell, north of Thistle Ridge Farm 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 1017607.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Park pale at Marwell, south-east of Cowleaze Copse (1.1 km), Moated site at Marwell Manor (1.2 km), Park pale at Marwell, 250m north-west of Marwell Manor (1.4 km).
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