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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 45 NE 211 |
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| Type of record: | Landscape |
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| Name: | Deer park at Brasted |
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Summary
The earliest reference to a deer park at Brasted dates to 1310. The precise boundary is unknown but good evidence survives for its' northern and western boundaries.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 4615 5545 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ45NE |
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| Parish: | BRASTED, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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| WESTERHAM, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- DEER PARK (Medieval to Unknown - 1310 AD?)
Full description
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The earliest reference to a deer park at Brasted dates to 1310. The precise boundary is unknown but good earthwork evidence survives for its' northern and western boundaries. In 1547 the park covered 180 acres, c. 1570 it covered 256 acres and in 1613 193 acres. (1)
<1> Susan Pittman, 2011, Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent (Monograph). SKE32115.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Susan Pittman. 2011. Elizabethan and Jacobean Deer Parks in Kent. |
