Monument record 0420802098 - Tree plantings, Dadford-Buckingham Road, Stowe Landscape Gardens

Summary

Tree holes recorded in field survey mark line of nineteenth century tree avenues

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)

  • TREE AVENUE (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

The English Heritage survey of Stowe undertaken in 2001 notes numerous small circular hollows on each side of the track leading from Dadford to Home Farm. These are the remains of trees planted between 1843 and 1880. Similar hollows lie to the N of the track and represent trees planted between 1814 and 1843 (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  • ---SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001.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SBC20024 Unpublished document: Hazel Riley. 2001.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 Centred SP 66900 37926 (3m by 150m)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Dec 20 2012 6:15PM

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