Possible site of post-medieval hunting park at Rayne Hall (EHER 82702)

Site of the hunting park of Rayne Hall manor, known only from documentary sources.

NRHE data transfer: In late December 1999, RCHME carried out a Level 3 survey of the environs of the medieval timber framed manor house of Rayne Hall in Essex. Documentary sources indicate that there was a hunting park associated with the manor in the Post-Medieval period, and perhaps at an earlier date <1>. The location and extent of the park are unknown. It is not immediately evident in the lines of later field boundaries, but a location spanning the valley to the north-east of Rayne Hall seems likely. For further details, see RCHME Level 3 report and plan at 1:1000 scale. <2> <3>