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| HER Number: | 117097.20 |
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| Name: | MERTHEN - Medieval deer park |
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Summary
An extensive deer park at Merthen, emparked before 1500, still largely traceable where it borders the wood.
Protected Status: None recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Cornwall PROJECT ID: HF
- National Monuments Record: SW 72 NW 33
- National Record of the Historic Environment to Historic Environment Records data transfer
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 427142
- OS No. (OS Quarter-sheet and OS No.): SW72NW 18
- Primary Record No. (1985-2009): 117097.20
- SMR No. (OS Quarter-sheet and SMR No.): SW72NW 49
Monument Type(s):
Full description
Henderson records an extensive deer park at Merthen, emparked before 1500, and eclosing an area of 79 acres in 1590 (b1, b2). The OS in 1971 found that the ditch is largely traceable over almost its complete extent where it borders the wood. It is generally well defined and reaches a depth of 1.4m in places. The bank is less substantial than might be expected for a pale, but if topped by a palisade would have presented a substantial barrier. Although untraceable beyond the edge of the woodland, if the area of 79 acres was correct it may well have extended to enclose the field to the north of Merthen earthworks (24589) and a field to the west of this field, a total area of about 80 acres. It is delineated on the OS 6-inch map (h1, b3).
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Site history:
1: 1971. OS
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<1> Henderson, C, 1935, Essays in Cornish History, 162 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3501.
<2> Henderson, C, 1937, A History of the Parish of Constantine in Cornwall, 118 (Bibliographic reference). SCO3491.
<3> Ordnance Survey, 1970s, 1:10,000 OS Map (Cartographic materials). SCO4045.
Sources / Further Reading
| [1] | SCO3501 - Bibliographic reference: Henderson, C. 1935. Essays in Cornish History. 162. |
| [2] | SCO3491 - Bibliographic reference: Henderson, C. 1937. A History of the Parish of Constantine in Cornwall. 118. |
| [3] | SCO4045 - Cartographic materials: Ordnance Survey. 1970s. 1:10,000 OS Map. |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
Related records
| 117097 | Part of: MERTHEN - Medieval settlement (Monument) |
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