Monument record MDO5225 - Deer park, Park Bottom, Winterborne Houghton
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Summary
A medieval deer park around Park Bottom. The park pale in the form of a bank and ditch encloses an area of around 94 acres.
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Type and Period (1)
Full Description
(Centred ST 800046) A deer park at Winterborne Houghton is mentioned in a writ of 1294 and in inquisitions of 1330 and 1361. The park pale encloses some 94 acres of land in and around Park Bottom, a deep re-entrant valley orientated NW-SE. The pale consists of a rounded bank 10ft to 15ft wide with an inner ditch 8ft to 10ft wide. On the SW where it coincides with the parish boundary the bank is only 1 1/2ft high; in the N it is 6 1/2ft high in consequence of being on top of a 'Celtic' field lynchet; elsewhere it is 2ft to 3ft high. The original entrance cannot be identified. On the NE the pale cuts across a Romano-British settlement (ST 80 SW 74) and obliterates part of a bivallate track that led into the settlement.
Public access is allowed to the park, and a map supplied by the RoyalCommission on Historical Monuments is on display on the N side of the park, near the Romano-British settlement. <1-2>
Sources/Archives (3)
- <1> SDO20707 Article in serial: Wilson, J D. 1979. Medieval Deer Parks of Dorset XVII. Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society. 100. 171-174.
- <2> SDO136 Monograph: Royal Commission on Historic Monuments. 1970. An Inventory of Historical Monuments in the County of Dorset, Volume III (Central) Part 2. 2. 298.
- <3> SDO14739 Digital archive: National Record of the Historic Environment. 205793.
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Location
| Grid reference | ST 800 045 (point) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | ST80SW |
| Civil Parish | Winterborne Houghton; Dorset |
| Unitary Authority | Dorset |
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Other Statuses/References
- Legacy UID: Dorset Sites and Monuments Record: 2 069 007
- Legacy UID: National Monuments Record: ST 90 SW 40
- Legacy UID: National Record of the Historic Environment: 205793
- Royal Commission Inventory Reference: Winterborne Houghton 7
Record last edited
Jul 5 2024 11:12AM