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Summary

Parallel, cross-hatched linear earthwork banks, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946, are interpreted as 19th century banks for fruit tree cultivation. They were previously interpreted as ridge and furrow, but appear now to have been levelled. There is a further area to the south-south-east (MDV25810).

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77SE/108

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) RIDGE AND FURROW (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
• ORCHARD (XIX - 1801 AD? to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

At the time of the Tithe Map this plot was subdivided into two: 1441 ('Orchard') and 1440 ('Coppice').

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Still shown as an orchard on the early 20th century historic map.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1824, RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3159-3160 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352344.

Parallel linear earthwork banks, running in two directions, are visible.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 1373 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Field with possible ridge and furrow visible on 1946 aerial photograph, aligned south-west to north-east.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2018-2019, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M) (Interpretation). SDV361305.

Parallel linear earthwork banks, 3 to 3.5 metres in width, are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. They are cross-hatched and aligned in two different directions oblique to the contour, in a plot depicted with orchard trees on the late-19th century maps, part of which is recorded as orchard on the Tithe maps. They are interpreted as 19th century banks for fruit tree cultivation, although previous interpretations have suggested that orchard was planted on top of ridge and furrow. No earthworks are visible on images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017, suggesting that they were levelled during the 20th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV169268	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1373.
SDV319854	Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.
SDV325644	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1904 - 1906. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV352344	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1824. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1824 RP 3159-3160 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #85098 ]
SDV361305	Interpretation: Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R.. 2018-2019. The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 1, Haldon Ridge to Dart Valley (AI&M). Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7515 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey (Ref: ACD1748)

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