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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 1947 onwards, off Station Road, Cullompton. The site has been completely levelled and developed upon by 1989.

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

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

The orchard appears to have fallen out of use by the time of the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP, RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP 3131-32 13-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356899.

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

Ordnance Survey, 1969, OS/69302, OS/69302 V 42-43 29-JUN-1969 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357088.

The orchard banks are visible as a series of linear earthwork banks, although the northern extent has been levelled and the site developed for commercial use.

Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89162, OS/89162 V 598-99 08-MAY-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356894.

The site has been completely developed for commercial use.

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 1947 onwards, off Station Road, Cullompton. The site of the orchard appears to have fallen out of use by the time of the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s, although aerial photographs of 1947 show that a series of parallel north to south aligned earthwork banks, upon which the fruit trees were established, remain visible. These surviving earthwork banks occupy an area of approximately 1.50 hectares of fairly level ground within a single rectilinear shaped plot which is depicted on historical mapping. The orchard banks remain visible as a series of earthwork banks on aerial photographs up until 1969, although the northern extent of the earthworks has been completely levelled and the site developed for commercial use. By 1989, however, aerial photographs show that the remainder of the site has also been levelled and developed.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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
SDV356894	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89162. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/89162 V 598-99 08-MAY-1989.
SDV356899	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP 3131-32 13-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #67369 ]
SDV357088	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1969. OS/69302. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/69302 V 42-43 29-JUN-1969.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

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