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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, at Week Farm. They remain visible as a series of faintly defined earthworks on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2002, although were not clearly visible after this date.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The site of the orchard is listed as a garden and orchard 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 passed 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 3133-34 13-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356899.

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

Next Perspectives, 2002, Pan Government Agreement, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery ST0307 29-SEP-2002 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356896.

The orchard banks are faintly visible as a series of 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 1947 onwards, at Week Farm. The site of the orchard is first listed on the Cullompton parish tithe apportionment of approximately 1838-48, although appears to have passed out of use by the time of the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s. Aerial photographs of 1947 show that the orchard trees have been largely grubbed out, leaving a series of parallel and broadly northwest to southeast aligned earthwork banks, on which the fruit trees were established, visible. The surviving earthwork banks occupy an area of approximately 0.18 hectares of fairly level ground within a small rectilinear shaped plot depicted on historical mapping, on the southeastern side of the River Ken. The orchard banks remain visible as a series of faintly defined earthwork banks on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2002, although were not clearly visible after this date.

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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SDV356896	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2002. Pan Government Agreement. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery ST0307 29-SEP-2002.
SDV356899	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP 3133-34 13-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #67371 ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
• EDV4187 - New Office Development, Cullompton, Devon
• EDV4340 - Archaeological Evaluation at Week Farm, Cullompton

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