Monument record 0420802040 - NE of Dido' Cave, South Lawn, Stowe - shell middens
Summary
Three eighteenth to twentieth century shell middens recorded in field survey
Protected Status/Designation
- 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)
- MIDDEN (18th Century to Modern - 1700 AD? to 1999 AD)
Description
Twenty metres NE of Dido's Cave are three mounds or middens containing cockle shells. These may have be left over material from the the insertion of tufa into Dido's Cave in the 1790s or from the construction of another garden feature? The western midden is low and oval in profile, the eastern is circular and the largest, and the northern is largely quarried away and crescent in shape. A slot 0.4m wide was excavated through the largest midden. Oral testimony combined with the findings suggests that the middens are most likely to be raw material leftover from the surfacing of the paths in School's golf course. The area also being associated with a former car park and yard. (1)
Sources (2)
- ---SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Stowe Park, Stowe, Buckinghamshire: An Archaeological Survey by English Heritage (Survey Report).
- <1>SBC19557 Unpublished document: Oliver Jessop (National Trust). 1999. Shell Middens: Report on the Archaeological Investigations of Three Shell Middens NE of Dido's Cave.
Location
| Grid reference | SP 6744 3723 (point) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Nov 22 2017 3:41PM
