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Poundisford Park pale is a medieval deer park pale in Somerset. The monument consists of a substantial earthwork boundary, comprising a bank and ditch, which once enclosed the deer park associated with Poundisford. Dating to the medieval period, such pales were characteristic features of aristocratic estates, serving to contain deer for hunting and to demarcate high-status land holdings. The surviving earthwork remains an important example of medieval landscape management and the physical infrastructure of estate organisation.
Poundisford Park pale is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002957. View the official record →
Poundisford Park pale is a medieval deer park pale in Somerset. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002957.
Poundisford Park pale 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 1002957.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Taunton Castle: a motte and bailey castle, part of the outer bailey, an Anglo-Saxon cemetery and a Civil War artillery platform (3.6 km), Borough Bank, a section of medieval town defences 70m north of St Mary Magdalene Church (3.8 km), Two groups of World War II pillboxes in the north eastern and north western sectors of the former airfield of RAF Culmhead, Trickey Warren (5.3 km).
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