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Rabbit warren 580m and 660m south east of Fitzroy Farm

England
List entry 1017301
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1017301
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.17 hectares
Grid reference
ST 92420 52253, ST 92552 52322
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Rabbit warren 580m and 660m south east of Fitzroy Farm is a post-medieval artificial warren situated in Wiltshire. The site comprises two separate warren complexes established to manage populations of domestic rabbits for meat and fur production, a practice that became widespread across England from the medieval period onwards but flourished particularly in the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries. The physical remains consist of earthworks characteristic of such installations, including banks and ditches that would have contained and controlled the rabbit populations within defined enclosures. This monument represents an important aspect of post-medieval rural economy and land management in the English countryside.

Rabbit warren 580m and 660m south east of Fitzroy Farm is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1017301. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Rabbit warren 580m and 660m south east of Fitzroy Farm?

Rabbit warren 580m and 660m south east of Fitzroy Farm is a post-medieval artificial warren situated in Wiltshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1017301.

Who is responsible for protecting Rabbit warren 580m and 660m south east of Fitzroy Farm?

Rabbit warren 580m and 660m south east of Fitzroy 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 1017301.

What other scheduled monuments are near Rabbit warren 580m and 660m south east of Fitzroy Farm?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Strip lynchet system east of Cotley Hill Woods (9.1 km), Round barrow on the summit of Cotley Hill (9.1 km), Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill (9.3 km).

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Overview
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Monuments
The legally protected scheduled monuments around the location, each with its period, type and significance.
Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
Laser-scanned terrain that reveals earthworks hidden under fields and woodland, with likely features flagged.
Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
Historical Maps
Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.
Literature
The books, county histories, charters and archives that mention this place, quoted with their sources.
Legal
The protected sites nearby and the metal-detecting, access and treasure laws that apply to this ground.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Strip lynchet system east of Cotley Hill Woods
9.1 km
Round barrow on the summit of Cotley Hill
9.1 km
Round barrow on the south side of Cotley Hill
9.3 km
Bowl barrow 270m south west of Norton Bavant House
9.4 km
Bowl barrow 500m south-east of Eastleigh Court
9.5 km
Lock up 20m south of Little London Cottage in the High Street
9.7 km
Two saucer barrows 250m west of John's Planting
10 km
Field system on Codford Down
10.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Rabbit warren 580m and 660m south east of Fitzroy Farm

Rabbit warren 580m and 660m south east of Fitzroy Farm stands on Grey Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Cenomanian. The rock here is chalk.

The wider landscape

Around Rabbit warren 580m and 660m south east of Fitzroy Farm

BathRoman town · ~13.3 milesStonehengeArchaeological site · ~13.7 milesWest Kennet Long BarrowArchaeological site · ~14.4 milesSilbury HillArchaeological site · ~14.8 milesBattle of Roundway Down 1643Battle (1643) · ~9.6 milesBattle of Lansdown (Hill) 1643Battle (1643) · ~16.6 milesBattle of LansdowneBattle (1643) · ~16.9 miles
Domesday entry for Edington, Wiltshire →
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