Dive To Discover Lake's History

Archaeologists will dive into the lake at a stately home in Wiltshire, to find out what the valley looked like before the garden was created.
Henry Hoare flooded the valley and dammed medieval fishponds at Stourhead as part of his design for the landscape garden in the 18th Century.
The team from the Nautical Archaeology Society wants to find out what plant life was there before its creation. They will also search for any structures that have been flooded. The focus of the work is on the location of the Chinese Bridge to find out where exactly it stood and whether any of it remains. They will also be looking at the bay in front of the Temple of Flora to find out how much of the water cascade built by Henry Flitcroft still exists underwater and the location of Neptune's statue which was originally positioned in a rocky arch in front of the temple.
From bbc.co.uk