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Summary

The remains of probable post-medieval to 19th century ridges made for fruit tree planting and improved orchard drainage were visible as low, parallel earthwork banks on aerial photographs of the 1980s, across two adjacent plots on the south-west-facing slopes of the combe of a tributary of the River Otter, Luppitt Parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

The copy of the Tithe Map available to the survey was damaged and incompletely visible in this area. It does incompletely show the northern plot to be planted with trees at this date.

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

The banks do not correspond with any depicted orchard plots.

Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography, 1955, CAP/QB, CAP 8274/47 25-JUN-1955 (QB) (Aerial Photograph). SDV359577.

Linear earthwork banks were visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1982, OS/82218 V, OS/82218 V 1154 28-AUG-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359504.

Linear earthwork banks were visible. Map object based partly on this source.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution), Devon County Council 2010 Aerial Photograph mosaic (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Linear earthwork banks were visible. Map object based partly on this source.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

The remains of probable post-medieval to 19th century ridges made for fruit tree planting and improved orchard drainage were visible as low, parallel earthwork banks on aerial photographs of the 1980s, across two adjacent plots on the south-west-facing slopes of the combe of a tributary of the River Otter, Luppitt Parish.
The banks were aligned cross contour and spaced approximately 6 metres apart. The earthworks in the northern plot appear to correspond with a plot depicted as an orchard on the Tithe map for Luppit. The Ordnance Survey 25 inch First Edition map depicts a number of non-coniferous trees planted throughout the field but not in the typical orchard convention. This might support the interpretation that the orchard had fallen out of use by the 1880s. The plot had been completely cleared of trees by 1947. The banks are clearly available as earthworks on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2010, and probably survive as low earthworks.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV346026	Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. Devon County Council 2010 Aerial Photograph mosaic.
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:2
SDV359504	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1982. OS/82218 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/82218 V 1154 28-AUG-1982.
SDV359577	Aerial Photograph: Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photography. 1955. CAP/QB. Cambridge University Collection of Aerial Photographs. Photograph (Paper). CAP 8274/47 25-JUN-1955 (QB).

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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