Record Details

NHER Number:49547
Type of record:Monument
Name:Cropmarks of a formal garden at Langley Park

Summary

Cropmarks of part of a formal garden associated with Langley Hall are visible on aerial photographs.

Images - none

Location

Grid Reference:TG 3512 0082
Map Sheet:TG30SE
Parish:LANGLEY WITH HARDLEY, SOUTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

Full description

June 2007. Norfolk NMP
Cropmarks of part of a formal garden associated with Langley Hall are visible on aerial photographs (S1). These cropmarks are located at TG 3513 0083. Cropmarks of a broad L-shaped ditch containing a rectangular feature are present to the north of Langley Hall. Their location and plan corresponds to a formal garden shown on a map of Langley Park (NHER 30467) dating to c.1730 (see S2).
J. Albone (NMP), 21 June 2007

Monument Types

  • FORMAL GARDEN (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1900 AD)

Associated Finds - none

Protected Status

  • SHINE

Sources and further reading

<S1>Vertical Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1973. OS/70173 149-50 03-JUN-1973.
<S2>Monograph: Williamson, T.. 1998. Archaeology of the Landscape Park: Garden Design in Norfolk, England, c. 1680-1840.. BAR (British Series). Vol 268. p 106.

Related records

30467Part of: Langley Park (Monument)
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