Monument record 0043700002 - Civil War Ditch, DADFORD, STOWE

Summary

Ditch reported to have been dug in the Civil War, but possibly an eighteenth century garden feature

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  • SHINE: Stowe medieval to post medieval landscape garden, medieval deserted villages of Lamport & Boycott, shrunken village of Daford, also moats, manors and fishponds, ridge and furrow earthworks & cropmarks, and areas of ancient semi natural woodland

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Type and Period (1)

  • DITCH? (Civil War - 1640 AD? to 1649 AD?)

Description

Plan Form - LINEAR
LONG DEEP TRENCH NEAR THE OLD GREEN AT DADFORD. SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE PARLIAMENT MEN IN THE CIVIL WAR BUT THOUGHT TO BE DOUBTFUL (B5).
NO PRECISE LOCATION GIVEN; NGR TO CENTRE OF SETTLEMENT EARTHWORKS (B5).
Cross ref: CASS 0420802048 Stowe Landscape Gardens - ornamental canal for Vancouver Gardens?

Sources (8)

  • ---SBC18810 Aerial Photograph: 11/10/46. RAF 20.4185. SP\675378. Yes.
  • <1>SBC7728 Bibliographic reference: LIPSCOMB 3 PP113-4.
  • <2>SBC19727 Bibliographic reference: James Joseph Sheahan. 1862. History and Topography of Buckinghamshire. p309.
  • <3>SBC20463 Bibliographic reference: William Page (ed). 1927. A History of Buckinghamshire (Victoria County History) Volume IV. Volume 4. pp233-234.
  • <4>SBC3163 Bibliographic reference: CONGRESS OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETIES, REPORT OF 33RD CONGRESS (1925) 1926 P18.
  • <5>SBC2118 Map: BULL E J 1973 PERS COMM & MAP.
  • <6>SBC12473 Aerial Photograph: RAF Vertical Aerial Photograph, 1946: run ?, frame 4185.
  • <7>SBC8382 Bibliographic reference: MEF (BCM) AP'S A25/14/0A-5A & A25/13/36-37 (APRIL 1996).

Location

Grid reference SP 66660 38280 (point)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC13770)

Record last edited

Oct 18 2024 9:53AM

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