Monument record 4184/1/1 - Park Pale of Medieval Deer Park, Rockingham Park

Area of the phase 1 Deer Park (up to 1485). The deer park existed by 1256.

{1} The park certainly existed in 1256; small & probably covered little more than 13 hectares on either side of boundary with Cottingham. The earthworks of the medieval deer park boundary survive. Park pale traced on south-west and south-east as a bank 2m high x 4m wide with a shallow internal ditch 2m wide.

Description from record 4184/1:
{1}Park certainly existed in 1256; small & probably covered little more than 13 hectares on either side of boundary with Cottingham;

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1979, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.128-9/Site 12 (unchecked) (Series). SNN77380.

<2> BROWN A.E.; TAYLOR C.C., 1974, The Earthworks of Rockingham and its Neighbourhood, 72-4 (unchecked) (Article). SNN40063.

<3> STEANE J.M., 1975, The Medieval Parks of Northamptonshire, p.230-31 (unchecked) (Article). SNN37713.

Record last edited

Feb 21 2022 3:27PM