Possibly built for a Warrener, the man who looked after and controlled the rabbit population on an estate. He 'culled'the rabbits so there weren't too many of them. The skins and bodies (for food) were a 'perk' of his job. Not only were they a reliable source of meat for his family, but any surplus meat or skins could be traded for something else. He wasn't a gamekeeper, who looked after the pheasants, he just kept the rabbits under control.
Think you'll find if you'd visited the Brecklands during the medieval period you'd have found few trees, but rather, vast tracts of wild, open gorse scrub and heathland. That's why it's still called by it's medieval name, the 'Brecks'.
Impressive little building. Must have been tedious to build though out of all the small pieces of rubble and flint. Thanks for the tour!
Possibly built for a Warrener, the man who looked after and controlled the rabbit population on an estate. He 'culled'the rabbits so there weren't too many of them. The skins and bodies (for food) were a 'perk' of his job. Not only were they a reliable source of meat for his family, but any surplus meat or skins could be traded for something else. He wasn't a gamekeeper, who looked after the pheasants, he just kept the rabbits under control.
Think you'll find if you'd visited the Brecklands during the medieval period you'd have found few trees, but rather, vast tracts of wild, open gorse scrub and heathland.
That's why it's still called by it's medieval name, the 'Brecks'.