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Park Pale of Milton Abbey is a medieval deer park boundary surviving as an earthwork in Dorset. The pale, a substantial bank and ditch, marks the perimeter of the deer park associated with Milton Abbey, a Benedictine monastery founded in the tenth century. The earthwork dates from the medieval period when such enclosed parks were maintained by monasteries and aristocratic landowners for hunting and the management of deer herds. The surviving bank-and-ditch construction represents a characteristic feature of medieval park infrastructure, designed to contain and control the deer population within the demesne lands of the abbey.
Park Pale of Milton Abbey deer park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002417. View the official record →
Park Pale of Milton Abbey is a medieval deer park boundary surviving as an earthwork in Dorset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002417.
Park Pale of Milton Abbey deer 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 1002417.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bell barrow on Blackhill Clump 470m north of Mintern's Ferry (8.8 km), The End Barrow, a bowl barrow 320m south west of White House (9.6 km), Bowl barrow on Affpuddle Heath, 95m south of Cull-peppers Dish (9.9 km).
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