Pannage
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Pannage is the practice of releasing livestock-pigs in a forest, so that they can feed on fallen acorns, beechmast, chestnuts or other nuts. Historically, it was a right or privilege granted to local
Men knocking down acorns to feed swine, from the 14th century English Queen Mary Psalter, MS. Royal 2 B VII f.81v
Modern-day pannage, or common of mast, in the New Forest
New Forest
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The New Forest is one of the largest remaining tracts of unenclosed pasture land, heathland and forest in Southern England, covering southwest Hampshire and southeast Wiltshire. It was proclaimed a ro
Pannage
…Survey details for Norton in Kent. "Wood for the pannage of forty hogs". Pannage is no longer carried out in most areas, but is still observed in the New Forest of Southern England, where it is also known as common of mast. It is still an important part of the forest ecology, and helps the husbandry of the other…
Beech trees in Mallard Wood, part of the New Forest
Beaulieu Mill Pond
Royal Forests, 1327–1336
Death of William Rufus