Monument record 0420802129 - Path, Grand Avenue, Stowe

Summary

Remains of path laid out in nineteenth century 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)

  • PATH (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

The English Heritage Survey of Stowe undertaken in 2001 notes the remains of the path which once ran the length of the avenue comprising a bank, some 100m long x 1m wide x 0.5m high, with a hollowed centre in places. It is depicted on the 1880 OS map (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  • ---SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001.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SBC20024 Unpublished document: Hazel Riley. 2001.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 6816 3622 (point)
Civil Parish RADCLIVE-CUM-CHACKMORE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 25 2009 11:46AM

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