See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.

Summary

Orchard banks of probable post-medieval to modern date are visible as a series of linear earthwork banks on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, at Woodmanton.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2013 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Orchards are depicted here on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 3168-69 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

The orchard banks are visible as linear earthwork banks.

Royal Air Force, 1965, RAF/58/7106, RAF/58/7106 06-07 12-NOV-1965 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356245.

The orchard banks are visible as linear earthwork banks.

Ordnance Survey, 1979, OS/79083, OS/79083 037-038 28-AUG-1979 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355374.

The orchard banks appear to have been almost entirely levelled.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96567, OS/96567 051-52 08-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355696.

The area of the former orchards has been largely landscaped.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.

Orchard banks of probable post-medieval to modern date are visible as a series of linear earthwork banks on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, at Woodmanton. Orchards are first depicted here on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s, although by 1946, aerial photographs show that the orchard trees have been largely grubbed out, leaving a series of parallel northwest to southeast and east to west aligned earthwork banks, on which the fruit trees were established, visible. These banks occupy two plots either side of the former farmstead, on gentle northwest facing slope. The orchard banks are clearly visible on aerial photographs of 1965, although appear to have been almost completely levelled by 1979. Their survival after this date is uncertain, although by 1996 much of the area has been landscaped and any surviving earthworks are likely to have been completely 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).
SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 3168-69 13-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #71698 ]
SDV355374	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS/79083. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/79083 037-038 28-AUG-1979.
SDV355696	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96567. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/96567 051-52 08-MAY-1996.
SDV356245	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1965. RAF/58/7106. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/58/7106 06-07 12-NOV-1965.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.