Monument record 0420806012 - Buckingham-Towcester Road, Stowe Park
Summary
Medieval hollow-way, remains of the Towcester to Buckingham road, 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 (DBC7454)
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Type and Period (1)
- HOLLOW WAY (Medieval - 1066 AD to 1539 AD)
Description
English Heritage's Survey fo Stowe undertaken in 2001 notes the hollow way which marks the route of the old Buckingham to Towcester Road through Stowe Park. A farm track follows its course in the south ands it becomes a substantial earthwork between Lamport and the Bourbon Tower. Faint earthworks N and S of the tower show where the feature continues to the N (2).
Sources (3)
- ---SBC10383 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1958. OS 1958 6IN MAP. 1:10,560.
- ---SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001. Stowe Park, Stowe, Buckinghamshire: An Archaeological Survey by English Heritage (Survey Report).
- <2>SBC20024 Unpublished document: Hazel Riley. 2001.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 6832 3793 (point) (Exact) |
|---|---|
| Civil Parish | STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire |
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Record last edited
Aug 25 2009 11:46AM
