Monument record 0420807008 - Ha Ha, Stowe Park South

Summary

Wide ditch, possibly dug in the eighteenth or nineteenth centuries and containing a stream and marked as a Haw Haw on the 1845 Tithe Map

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 (DBC7454)

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Type and Period (1)

  • HA HA (18th Century to 19th Century - 1700 AD? to 1899 AD)

Description

The National Trust Survey of Stowe undertaken in 1989 notes a wide 1m deep ditch containing a small stream. It is marked as a Ha Ha on the 1845 Tithe Map, but stonework was observed. The survey interprets the the ditch as a sunk fence dividing up the field without interrupting the view from the house (B18)

Sources (1)

  • <18>SBC19992 Unpublished document: Angus Wainwright. 1989. The National Trust Archaeological Survey: Stowe. pp38.

Location

Grid reference Centred SP 6771 3653 (555m by 224m)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Oct 20 2024 8:01PM

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