Monument record 0420802124 - Tree avenue, S of Ha Ha, Old Avenue Field, Stowe

Summary

Tree stumps and holes recorded in field survey mark the double avenue of trees that once backed the Ha-Ha in the eighteenth century

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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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  • TREE AVENUE (18th Century - 1700 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

The English Heritage survey of Stowe undertaken in 2001 notes several large tree stumps and tree holes on the southern edge of the Ha-Ha marking the 18th century planting of a double avenue (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  • ---SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001.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SBC20024 Unpublished document: Hazel Riley. 2001.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.

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Grid reference SP 6745 3663 (point)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 25 2009 11:45AM

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