Monument record 0160100001 - STOKE POGES PARK

Royal licence was obtained by Sir John de Moleyns in 1331 to impark 3 woods in his newly acquired manor, & in 1340 to impark Syward's Hill & Wynard Woods & 300 acres adjoining. 50 more acres newly imparked in 1341. The ornamental park was landscaped by Capability Brown (see CAS 12324:01): now a golf course (B1,B4,B14).
Geophysical survey of the grounds to the E, SE and S of the Manor House carried out in March 2008 by Wessex Archaeology identified a roughly N-S linear anomaly (anomaly 4001) interpreted as a possible former track or field boundary. A further N-S linear anomaly (anomaly 4002) coincides with a shallow break of slope and is interpreted as a possible former garden terrace or backfilled ditch. See report for detail (B16).
Evaluation trial trenching carried out by Wessex Archaeology in April 2008 and November 2009 identified a medieval or post-medieval curving ditch aligned NW-SE, over 10m long, 3.4m wide and 0.8m deep with stepped sides and a flat base, interpreted as a possible parkland boundary. The ditch was cut by the remains of a post-medieval robbed-out brick wall 0.7m wide, originally built with frogless bricks and lime mortar and interpreted as the wall of a kitchen garden to the NE of the house. A number of trenches showed evidence for post-medieval and modern landscaping activities with truncation and make-up layers. See reports for detail (B19-20).
Assessment of historical and landscape context included in management plan for Stoke Park (B21).
Illustrated history of Stoke Park (B25).