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Summary

The remains of ridges possibly made for fruit tree planting and improved drainage from the post-medieval to mid-19th century date were visible as subtle parallel earthwork banks on digital images derived from lidar data captured from 1998 to 2014, east of Ford House, Membury parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to XX - 1540 AD to 1947 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

The visible earthworks fall within plot 840, listed as Barn, Mow Barton and Orchard.

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

The visible earthworks correspond with a plot depicted as an orchards.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2316-2317 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

The plot remained moderately planted with trees.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2604 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Parallel linear banks were visible as subtle earthworks over circa 0.2ha.

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 parallel ridges up to circa 5 metres apart were visible as very subtle earthwork banks over an area of less than 0.2ha on digital images derived from lidar data captured from 1998 to 2014.
The visible banks fall within the much larger Plot 840 on the Tithe Map for Membury, listed as Barn, Mow Barton and Orchard. The plot remains depicted as an orchard on the 19th and early 20th century maps available to the survey. The plot remained moderately planted on aerial photographs of 1947.
The visible earthworks are therefore interpreted as the remains of banks possibly made for fruit tree planting and improved orchard drainage, dating possibly from the post-medieval period but cleared in the second half of the 20th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #78683 ]
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2316-2317 11-APR-1947.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2604 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014.
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.
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SDV359954	Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital.

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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