Monument record 0420808008 - Gravel Pit, E of Home Farm, Stowe Landscape Gardens

Summary

Large quarry cut to provide gravel for Silverstone airfield at the beginning of World War II

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 (20th Century - 1900 AD to 1999 AD)

Description

The English Heritage survey of Stowe undertaken in 2001 notes the large sand/gravel quarry, still in use by the National Trust, east of Home Farm. The quarry was cut to provide material for Silverstone airfield at the beginning of World War II (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  • ---SBC20023 Unpublished document: English Heritage. 2001.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SBC20024 Unpublished document: Hazel Riley. 2001.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 6715 3762 (point) (Exact)
Civil Parish STOWE, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Aug 25 2009 11:45AM

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