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Summary

The earthwork remains of an orchard of probable post-medieval date were visible as banks to the north and east of Three Elms Cross on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards. The orchard had probably passed from use by the late 19th century.

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

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4161-4162 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356902.

Parallel earthwork banks were visible.

Fairy Surveys Ltd, 1964, FSL/6412 V, FSL/6412 V 1001-1002 07-FEB-1964 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357115.

Parallel earthwork banks remain visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2012, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0300 Environment Agency DSM 2005 & 2010 (Cartographic). SDV357034.

Banks are visible as very slight earthworks, but most appear to have been levelled.

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

The earthwork remains of an orchard of probable post-medieval date and a short length of former field boundary were visible as banks to the north and east of Three Elms Cross on aerial photographs of the 1940s and 1960s. The earthwork banks corresponded to a plot listed as Dashland Orchard on the Tithe Apportionment for Clyst St Lawrence but orchard planting is not depicted on the Ordnance Survey first edition 25 inch map. This might support the interpretation that the orchard had passed out of use by the 1880s. Very slight hints of the earthwork banks remained visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2010 but the banks had largely been levelled.

Sources / Further Reading

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
SDV356902	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4161-4162 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #67304 ]
SDV357034	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2012. LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0300 Environment Agency DSM 2005 & 2010.
SDV357115	Aerial Photograph: Fairy Surveys Ltd. 1964. FSL/6412 V. Fairy Surveys Ltd aerial photograph. Photograph (Paper). FSL/6412 V 1001-1002 07-FEB-1964.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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