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Birds Nest Lodge, Leicester

Also known as, or recorded in historical documents as; New Parks

In the civil parish of Leicester.
In the historic county of Leicestershire (Modern Authority of Leicester; City of, 1974 county of Leicestershire).

Medieval hunting lodge first mentioned 1362 surrounded by a moat in 1378 and refortified in 1526. Moat infilled during the 1940's and survives as a shallow ditch and cropmarks. Fishpond to east survives as earthwork banks.

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

This site is a scheduled monument protected by law.

The Ordnance Survey Map Grid Reference is SK55280589

Modern Map fromOrdnance Survey logo

Good for landscape form and features

Modern Map from streetmap logo

Good for general location

Sources of information, references and further reading

PastScape number; 316735

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This record last updated on Friday, April 6, 2007

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