Monument record 1453/0/1 - Deer Park Pale & Possible Deer Leap

{1} Earthworks recorded by aerial photography. The enclosing bank of the deer park is still preserved, with occasional traces of an inner ditch. The bank is c.2m high x 8m wide. Plan showing almost entire circuit of park pale Fig 81.

{3} A 20ft deer leap is documented in 1307. The fence of the park can readily be traced alongside the road from Oundle to Benefield in the spinney and so across the park behind the house.

{4} NCCAP:TL0189/006-13.

<1> Royal Commission on The Historical Monuments of England, 1975, An Inventory of The Historical Monuments in The County of Northampton, p.71/Site 13 (checked) (Series). SNN77379.

<2> 1911, Northamptonshire Notes and Queries (New Series), p.25-6 (unchecked) (Series). SNN56432.

<3> STEANE J.M., 1975, The Medieval Parks of Northamptonshire, p.219 (checked) (Article). SNN37713.

<4> Northamptonshire SMR Collection of Aerial Photographs, (unchecked) (Aerial Photograph(s)). SNN104822.

Record last edited

Feb 6 2009 5:06PM