HO40 - Plumpton Hare Enclosure
847-1071 Blackhill Road TOOLERN VALE, MELTON SHIRE
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Statement of Significance
The place comprises the remains of one of three original Sir WJ Clarke hare enclosures. It consists of well-built foundations of drystone walls, which once formed three sides of a large enclosure, situated around a redgum tree.
The hare enclosure site is of historical significance at the LOCAL level (AHC A4, B2). It the most substantial surviving remnant of the three hare enclosures built by Sir WJ Clarke in Diggers Rest as part of his pioneering of the sport of greyhound coursing in Australia. There is no other known fabric surviving from this historic development of the sport at Diggers Rest, which included the establishment of the first greyhound coursing Plumpton in Australia. It is also a rare, and the most substantial, physical fabric associated with the sport of greyhound coursing remaining in the Shire of Melton, where the sport was particularly prominent in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
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HO40 - Plumpton Hare Enclosure - Physical Description 1
Physical Description -
The place comprises the remains of one of three original Sir WJ Clarke stone hare enclosures.[1] It consists of very well-built foundations of drystone walls - clearly built by a professionally waller - which once formed three sides of a large enclosure. They are 1-200 m. long, situated around a redgum tree (possibly planted).
It is now situated at the back of Mr John Beaty's property on Blackhill Road.
[1] John Beaty, personal conversation, 8th May 2002
HO40 - Plumpton Hare Enclosure - Historical Australian Themes
Melton Historical Themes: 'Horses, Hounds and Hares'
HO40 - Plumpton Hare Enclosure - Integrity
Integrity - Damaged/Disturbed
HO40 - Plumpton Hare Enclosure - Physical Conditions
Physical Condition - Ruinous
Heritage Study and Grading
Melton - Shire of Melton Heritage Study phase 2
Author: David Maloney, David Rowe, Pamela Jellie, Sera Jane Peters
Year: 2007
Grading:
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