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Summary

Small areas of broad and low parallel earthwork banks are visible on either side of the Littleham Brook, Exmouth, on aerial photographs of the 1950s. The earthworks are probably the remains of orchard banks of post-medieval date. They have probably now been levelled.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

The banks fall within areas symbolised as orchards.

Royal Air Force, 1950, RAF/58/369, RAF/58/369 5023-5024 27-FEB-1950 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355804.

Earthwork banks are visible.

Ordnance Survey, 2000, OS/00077, OS/00077 066 10-APR-2000 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355701.

The earthwork banks are not visible and might have been levelled.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

Broad and low parallel earthwork banks are visible on aerial photographs of the 1950s on either side of the Littleham Brook, Exmouth, covering areas of less than 1000 square metres adjacent to the lane known as Randall’s Green. The earthworks fall within small enclosed area symbolised as orchards on the First Edition Ordnance Survey 25inch map and are probably the remains of former orchard banks of post-medieval date. They may have been more extensive than is visible on the available aerial photographs. The banks are not visible on aerial photographs of 2000. The former orchard north of the brook has been taken into arable cultivation and the banks to the south appear to have been levelled.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV355701	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 2000. OS/00077. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/00077 066 10-APR-2000.
SDV355804	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1950. RAF/58/369. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/58/369 5023-5024 27-FEB-1950. [Mapped feature: #65208 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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