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Warren in Whiddon Park

England
List entry 1021398
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1021398
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.27 hectares
Grid reference
SX 72484 89521, SX 72587 89590, SX 72576 89164, SX 72704 89207
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Warren in Whiddon Park is a scheduled ancient monument located in Devon comprising the remains of a medieval warren, a managed rabbit warren used for the controlled breeding and hunting of rabbits for food and fur. The site dates to the medieval period and represents a form of land management and resource exploitation that was particularly prominent from the thirteenth century onwards, when such warrens became established features of aristocratic and monastic estates. Physical evidence of the warren survives in the form of earthworks and landscape features characteristic of these specialized hunting reserves. The monument reflects the medieval economy's dependence on managed animal husbandry and the value placed on rabbit as a dietary resource among the upper classes.

Warren in Whiddon Park is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021398. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Warren in Whiddon Park?

Warren in Whiddon Park is a scheduled ancient monument located in Devon comprising the remains of a medieval warren, a managed rabbit warren used for the controlled breeding and hunting of rabbits for food and fur.

Who is responsible for protecting Warren in Whiddon Park?

Warren in Whiddon 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 1021398.

What other scheduled monuments are near Warren in Whiddon Park?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Cairn on Hameldown Tor (9 km), Hamel Down Cross (9.4 km), Huts and fields on Hayne Down (9.5 km).

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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
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Local Names
What the street and field names around here actually mean, and the history buried inside them.
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Cairn on Hameldown Tor
9 km
Hamel Down Cross
9.4 km
Huts and fields on Hayne Down
9.5 km
Five barrows on Hamel Down
9.6 km
Earthwork in Houndtor Wood
9.6 km
Medieval strip field system, tinworks, part of a prehistoric settlement, a cairn and reave on Challacombe Down
9.9 km
Deserted medieval settlement at Challacombe
10.1 km
Medieval strip fields, tinworks, prehistoric settlements, and a cairn on the lower western slopes of Hamel Down
10.4 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Warren in Whiddon Park

Warren in Whiddon Park stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.

The wider landscape

Around Warren in Whiddon Park

ExeterRoman town · ~12.1 miles
Domesday entry for Parford, Devon →
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