Monument record 0093500000 - N OF CHEQUERS HOUSE

Summary

Maze noted on seventeenth and eighteenth century estate maps

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Type and Period (1)

  • MAZE (17th Century to 18th Century - 1600 AD to 1799 AD)

Description

Plan Form - CIRCULAR
PROMINENCE IN 1629 ESTATE MAP SUGGESTS THEN RECENT CONSTRUCTION. MARKED ON ESTATE MAP OF 1739. OS NAME 'DRUID MAZE'(BI1). PROBABLY CONSTRUCTED FOR RECREATIONAL PLEASURE (BI2). PERHAPS ANCIENT STONES, PERHAPS A GRASS MAZE, PERHAPS AN EARLY SHAM CIRCLE (BI3).

Sources (3)

  • <1>SBC6786 Bibliographic reference: JENKINS J G 1967 CHEQUERS PP4,8.
  • <2>SBC10628 Unpublished document: Ordnance Survey Field Investigator. OS RECORD CARD.
  • <3>SBC6836 Bibliographic reference: JONES B 1974 FOLLIES & GROTTOES P293.

Location

Grid reference SP 83900 05880 (point)
Civil Parish ELLESBOROUGH, Wycombe, Buckinghamshire

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  • Event - Survey: (EBC14152)
  • Event - Survey: (EBC14168)

Record last edited

Apr 4 2024 5:45PM

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