Monument record MDO44630 - Deer park, Park Water Lane, Broadwindsor and Burstock

Park Water Lane was suggested as the possible site of a medieval deer park, based on field names with 'park' elements. Site visits revealed no evidence to support this suggestion.

Possible site of Medieval deer park at Park Water Lane (ST 4102). South of this lane are fields called Great and Little Park Mead. No significant embankments have been found here, and the existence of a park remains problematical. <1>

<1> Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society, 1980, Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Archaeological Society for 1978, 32 (Serial). SDO78.

‘BROADWINDSOR, PARK WATER LANE (P.47). In the description of Broadwindsor Park (Proceedings, Vol. 92) mention was made of a suggestion that there ere two parks at Broadwindsor. A possible site for the second is at Park Water Lane, which runs west from Broadwindsor past Burstock Grange to Blackdown. South of this lane are fields called Great and Little Park Mead. No significant embankments were found and the existence of a park here remains problematical.’

<2> National Record of the Historic Environment, 193111 (Digital archive). SDO14739.

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Jul 4 2024 3:35PM