Bolderwood Hunting Lodge

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; Boldrewood; Harborough; Bolder Lodge; Hatheburgh; Hatherburgh

In the civil parish of Minstead.
In the historic county of Hampshire (Modern Authority of Hampshire, 1974 county of Hampshire).

Assumed site of a royal hunting lodge, a typical rectangular earthwork. A hunting lodge originally known as Harborough and first mentioned in 1330. It was ordered to be built in 1358 of timber frame and plaster surrounded by a ditch and roofed with Purbeck and Cornish slate. It was said to have a great gate and postern, a great chamber for the king, a chapel and a long house for chambers of office, including a kitchen, larder, granary and stables. It was extended between 1362 and 1365. The site lies south of the later Bolderwood Lodge. Has been identified as Hatheburgh (qv)

This site has been described as a;
Palace.
The confidence that this site is a medieval fortification or palace is Possible.
Earthworks remains.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SU24400794

Modern Map from

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from

Good for general location

Air Photo from

1st edition OS Map from

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 222340

County Sites and Monuments Record number; 19840

Books

Anderson, C.D.J., 2004, The Deer Parks of Hampshire: an Archaeological Survey p24

Journal Articles

Smith, N., 1999, Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society p23-27
Autumn 1993, Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society Newsletter p21
1973, 'New Forest Section Report (1972)' Hampshire Field Club and Archaeological Society p4

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