The typical park pale is a wide ditch dug on the inside of a wide bank.  The bank would be planted with a hedge or a fence.

Park pales were introduced in the medieval periods, in order to retain deer within parks on estates, in preparation for hunting.

Park pales are still extant in Surrey at many locations, including at Woking Park, Oatlands Park, Botley Park and Chobham Park and Reigate Park.

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