Monument record 0420808003 - Gravel Pits, Stowe Park

Summary

Nineteenth century quarry recorded in field survey and marked on historic map

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)

  • GRAVEL PIT (19th Century - 1800 AD to 1899 AD)

Description

English Heritage's survey of Stowe undertaken in 2001 notes a large quarry pit 100m long x 70m wide x 2-3m deep, which probably supplied the Stowe estate with sand and gravel. There is concrete rubble and a track made up of modern rubble at the southern end. The pit is noted on the 1843 estate map and as disused 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  • ---SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001.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SBC20024 Unpublished document: Hazel Riley. 2001.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 6865 3734 (point) (Exact)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 25 2009 11:45AM

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