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Park Pale in Hamstead Marshall Park is a linear earthwork of medieval date, consisting of a bank and ditch that formerly enclosed or defined areas within the park landscape. The monument represents the physical infrastructure associated with the management of Hamstead Marshall Park, which developed around the substantial house built by the First Earl of Craven in the seventeenth century. The pale would have functioned to control access and movement through the parkland, a common feature of aristocratic estates during the early modern period. The earthwork survives as a substantial ridge and furrow formation within the modern park, preserving evidence of the designed landscape and property management practices of the post-medieval era.
Park Pale in Hamstead Marshall Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1015953. View the official record →
Park Pale in Hamstead Marshall Park is a linear earthwork of medieval date, consisting of a bank and ditch that formerly enclosed or defined areas within the park landscape. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1015953.
Park Pale in Hamstead Marshall 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 1015953.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery on Wash Common. (2.9 km), Two bowl barrows: part of a barrow cemetery on Wash Common. (3.1 km), Deserted medieval town of Newtown (5.4 km).
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