Monument record 0420806013 - Fairy Oak, Buckingham-Towcester Road, Stowe Park

Summary

Possibly five-hundred year old pollarded oak, lying next to the old Buckingham-Towcester Road, and probably used as a waymarker

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)

  • SIGNPOST (16th Century to 18th Century - 1500 AD? to 1799 AD?)

Description

The National Trust's survey of Stowe undertaken in 2001 noted an ancient pollarded oak (perhaps 500 years old) lying next to the old Buckingham-Towcester Road. It is interpreted as a way marking tree (1)

Sources (2)

  • ---SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Stowe Park, Stowe, Buckinghamshire: An Archaeological Survey by English Heritage (Survey Report).
  • <1>SBC20024 Unpublished document: Hazel Riley. 2001. Stowe Park, Stowe, Buckinghamshire: An Archaeological Survey by English Heritage (Site Gazetteer). AI/21/2001.

Location

Grid reference SP 6840 3728 (point)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Related Monuments/Buildings (1)

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Record last edited

Aug 25 2009 11:45AM

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