Full Report for Listed Buildings
Summary Description of a Listed Buildings
Date of Designation
23/02/1998
Date of Amendment
23/02/1998
Name of Property
Deer Park Wall
Unitary Authority
Pembrokeshire
Community
Marloes and St. Brides
Location
Running S from Martin's Haven to the sea at Renny Slip, enclosing the former Deer Park to the W.
Broad Class
Gardens, Parks and Urban Spaces
History
Enclosing wall of a deer park of uncertain date possibly C18 or early C19. A Deer Park of 57 acres (23 hectares) is marked on the Tithe Map of 1845 owned by William Philipps of St Brides Casle. The wall separates the headland at Martin's Haven from the mainland.
Exterior
Long rubble stone deer-park wall with rough stone coping running for some 450m metres between Martin's Haven on the N and Renney's Slip on the S. Wall is some two to three metres high. Cottages (now converted to conveniences and exhibition area) built behind at Martin's Haven and niche made adjoining to display cross-inscribed stone found nearby in the 1980s.
Reason for designation
Included as a landscape feature of historical significance in a magnificent coastal area.
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