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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 56 SW 124 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Iron Tree Guards, Lullingstone Park |
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Summary
In the Upper and Lower Beechen Woods some trees retain the occasional iron tree guards. These would have been placed around saplings in the 18th century to protect them from the park deer.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 514 643 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ56SW |
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| Parish: | EYNSFORD, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- RAILINGS (Post Medieval - 1738 AD? to 1738 AD (post))
Full description
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In the Upper and Lower Beechen Woods some trees retain the occasional iron tree guards. These would have been placed around saplings in the 18th century to protect them from the park deer.(1)
<1> Pittman, S., 1983, Lullingstone Park: The Evolution of a Medieval Deer Park, p 45 (Monograph). SKE11893.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | Monograph: Pittman, S.. 1983. Lullingstone Park: The Evolution of a Medieval Deer Park. p 45. |
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