Monument record LMD 071 - Little Park (Med)
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Summary
Little Park - smaller of the two deer parks of the Abbots of Bury St Edmunds in Long Melford (see also LMD 069).
Location
| Grid reference | Centred TL 877 463 (588m by 691m) (2 map features) |
|---|---|
| Map sheet | TL84NE |
| Civil Parish | LONG MELFORD, BABERGH, SUFFOLK |
Map
Type and Period (1)
Full Description
Little Park - smaller of the two deer parks of the Abbots of Bury St Edmunds in Long Melford (see also LMD 069). Mentioned in 1386 and marked (named as Little Parke) on a map of 1580 (S1). Now disparked but most of the boundary seems to be extant.
Adjoined the medieval warren - see LMD 072.
Note: Adjoins `Lodge Farm' at TL 875 467.
April 1988: Fieldwalked by Mike Hardy - only Med finds 1 sherd St Neots ware (S2) . Also mound in east corner - see LMD 119.
See also (S3).
Sources/Archives (4)
- <M1> SSF50101 Unpublished document: Small Store (SAU). Long Melford Bypass Archive.
- <S1> SSF5448 (No record type): Dymond D & Johnstone G, Israel Amyce's Map of Melford Manor 1580, n.d. but circa 1990.
- <S2> SSF50006 Unpublished document: Suffolk County Council Archaeologcial Service. Site Report. Hardy M, Long Melford Bypass fieldwalking archive, April 1988, map.
- <S3> SSF58663 Bibliographic reference: Liddiard, R. (ed). 2007. The Medieval Park: New Perspectives. Hoppitt R, 'Hunting Suffolk's Parks: towards a reliable chronology of imparkment' 92, 157, 159.
Finds (1)
Protected Status/Designation
- None recorded
Related Monuments/Buildings (0)
Related Events/Activities (1)
Record last edited
Jun 27 2018 3:13PM