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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 Lower Knowle. The orchard banks remain visible as a series of faint earthwork banks on aerial photographs up until 1969, although their survival after this date is unclear and may have been completely levelled.

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

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Maps and Apportionments (Website). SDV349463.

The site of the orchard is listed on the Cullompton parish tithe apportionment of approximately 1838-48.

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

The orchard appears to have been largely removed by the time of the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4308-09 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356902.

The orchard banks are visible as a series of linear earthwork banks.

Ordnance Survey, 1969, OS/69302, OS/69302 V 058-59 29-JUN-1969 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357088.

The orchard banks are visible as a series of faint linear earthwork banks.

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 Lower Knowle. The site of the orchard is listed on the Cullompton parish tithe apportionment of approximately 1838-48, although appears to have been largely cleared by the time of the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s. Aerial photographs of 1946 show that the fruit trees have been completely grubbed up, leaving a series of parallel northwest to southeast aligned earthwork banks, upon which the fruit trees were established, visible. These surviving earthwork banks occupy an area of approximately 0.36 hectares of east facing slope, within a single rectilinear shaped plot which is depicted on the tithe map. The orchard banks remain visible as a series of faint earthwork banks on aerial photographs up until 1969, although their survival after this date is unclear and may 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).
SDV349463	Website: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Maps and Apportionments. http://devon.gov.uk. Website.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV356902	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4308-09 04-NOV-1946. [Mapped feature: #67347 ]
SDV357088	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1969. OS/69302. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/69302 V 058-59 29-JUN-1969.

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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