Brief Description
The present designed landscape at Underwood was laid out from the late-18th century. It consisted of narrow belts of trees focused on the house and on the stream flowing through the property.
History
There is a reference to earlier planting including orchards, parkland and plantations at Underwood, but this had gone by the late-18th century. Further belts of trees had been planted by the mid-19th century.
- Features
Tree Belt
- History
Period
- Late 18th Century
- 18th Century
- References
References
- Peter McGowan Associates with Christopher Dingwall, 'Underwood', in {Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey} (Prestwick: South Ayrshire Council, 2007) [on CD-ROM]Ayrshire Garden and Designed Landscape Survey
- {Ordnance Survey County Series Six Inch} (Southampton, 1854)Ordnance Survey County Series Six Inch
- Captain M. J. Armstrong and Son {A New Map of Ayrshire} (1775)A New Map of Ayrshire
- William Roy {Military Survey of Scotland} (1750)Military Survey of Scotland