Monument record MDO3440 - Wootton Fitzpaine Deer Park

A medieval deer park at Wootton Fitzpaine is referred to in an inquisition of 1315. The park pale survives as a bank in places and encloses around 130 acres.

SY 375 950. The earliest reference to a park here is in an inquisition of 1315. The Park Pale, encompassing 130 acres survives in two places, at SZ 377 953 where it is 6 feet high and 18 feet wide and at SY 369 947 where it is 2-3 feet high and 13 feet wide. <1> <2>

<1> Unpublished revision RCHME Dorset I (West) Undated (Wootton Fitzpaine file) (Unpublished document). SDO17333.

<2> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1963, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1962, 150-152 (Serial). SDO62.

<2> Cantor, L M and Wilson, J D, 1963, The Medieval Deer-Parks of Dorset II; Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society (Article in serial). SDO13206.

<3> National Record of the Historic Environment, 859359 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Oct 20 2021 6:23PM