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Monument details
| HER Number: | TQ 56 SW 75 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | Ornamental Tree Ring (Site of), Lullingstone Park |
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Summary
Enclosure with one flattened (but not straight) side on east margin of Lullingstone Park: Pit cluster inside: possible smaller enclosure. Large feature shown on 1802 estate map as a ring of trees, diminishing in size on later trees. Now under plough and no trees remain. Possibly an ornamental feature of elms and other trees constructed in the 18th or early 19th centuries.
| Grid Reference: | TQ 5262 6402 |
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| Map Sheet: | TQ56SW |
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| Parish: | EYNSFORD, SEVENOAKS, KENT |
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Monument Types
- ENCLOSURE? (ENCLOSURE, Unknown date)
- TREE RING (Demolished ?, Post Medieval to Modern - 1738 AD? to 1960 AD? (at some time))
Full description
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Enclosure with one flattened (but not straight) side on east margin ofLullingstone Park: Pit cluster inside: possible smaller enclosure at TQ 52656395. (1)
Large feature shown on 1802 estate map as a ring of trees, deminishing in size on later trees. Now under plough and no trees remain. Possibly an ornimental feature of elms and other trees constructed in the 18th or early 19th centuries.(2)
The perimeter ditch is partially visible on the 2007 Google Earth image. It measures roughly 110m in diameter.
<1> AP (RAF 543/2334 F178-9; 29 7 63) (OS Card Reference). SKE34111.
<2> Pittman, S., 1983, Lullingstone Park: The Evolution of a Medieval Deer Park (Monograph). SKE11893.
Sources and further reading
| Cross-ref.
| Source description | | <1> | OS Card Reference: AP (RAF 543/2334 F178-9; 29 7 63). |
| <2>XY | Monograph: Pittman, S.. 1983. Lullingstone Park: The Evolution of a Medieval Deer Park. [Mapped feature: #59350 garden feature, ] |
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