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MONUMENT NO. 1030427

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The probable site of the 16th century Great Stables of Nonsuch Palace. The site was identified by Dent from a field name `Old Stable Ground' on a map of 1731. He also records finds including 16th century pottery, tile, and building rubble `in a corner of this field'. An archaeological survey carried out by RCHME field staff between 1993-95 identified slight earthworks, which might be associated with the building, in the vicinity of the copse at the centre of the field. However, the field had been intensively ploughed and the evidence was inconclusive.

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Dent identifies the site of the Great Stables of Nonsuch Palace in a field called Old Stable Ground on a map of 1731. He also records finds of 16th Century pottery, tile, and building rubble '...in a corner of this field'. (1-2)

(TQ 229 635) Between 1993 and 1995 RCHME's Cambridge Field Office carried out an archaeological survey of Nonsuch Park, following a request from Professor Martin Biddle. This included an analytical earthwork survey at 1:2500 scale of the modern area of Nonsuch Park, together with documentary and cartographic research.

RCHME earthwork survey identified a few slight scarps which might be connected with the building, in the vicinity of the copse at the centre of the field. However, the field has been intensively ploughed and the evidence was inconclusive.

For further details, see RCHME Level 3 client report and plan at 1:2500 scale, held in archive. (3-5)

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(1) General reference

Dent J. 1970. The Quest For Nonsuch, 73-4

(2) Externally held archive reference

British Museum (Maps and Plans). Map of the Estate of Joseph Thompson. 1731. MT 6.b.1, 17

(3) Field Investigators Comments

RCHME: Nonsuch Park Survey

(4) Nonsuch Park/report

(5) Nonsuch Park, archaeological earthwork plan/ink survey

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NONSUCH PALACE
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The site of the Royal Palace of Nonsuch. Nonsuch estate, manor and park were built by Henry VIII on the site of the medieval settlement of Cuddington ...

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