More information : The Park Wall which surrounded Markenfield Hall (51868) is visible as a structure and earthworks on historic and recent air photos and lidar derived images. The section starting at point A (SE2934 6706) and moving clockwise around the enclosed area to point B (SE2965 6758) is visible as a standing wall on recent air photo, or where it is obscured by trees, on the lidar derived images. This section is identified as the Park Wall on the Ordnance Survey Map of 1856. To the south of the Hall, between point A and point C (SE2964 6708) there is a further section of wall visible on the recent air photos, it is not clear if this is part of the Park Wall or simply a stone built field boundary. Between point A and point D (SE2940 6719) there is a well-defined narrow bank, which appears to run across ridge and furrow (UID 1534338) towards the Hall's southern entrance. Again this may be a section of the original Park Wall. Further earthworks sweep around the southeast side of the hall from point B, these are described in UID 1380620 as a drove road way but may have doubled as the park boundary. These features appear to survive as structure and earthworks on recent air photos and lidar derived images. (1-3)
A park pale originally extended for 2.8 kilometres around Markenfield Hall and a continuous length of 2.4 kilometres still survives as a stone wall. Although medieval in origin it has been rebuilt and maintained over the years and it is unclear how much of the present above ground fabric is medieval.(4)
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