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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 Willand.

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 Willand parish tithe apportionment of approximately 1838-48.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2285-86 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356987.

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

Ordnance Survey, 1967, OS/67039 V, OS/67039 V 008-09 18-APR-1967 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356901.

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

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96600, OS/96600 V 140-41 06-JUN-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357371.

The site of the former orchard has been completely levelled and developed for residential housing.

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 Willand. The site of the orchard is listed on the Willand parish tithe apportionment of approximately 1838-48, although by 1947 the orchard trees have been largely grubbed out, leaving a series of parallel earthwork banks, upon which the fruit trees were established, visible. The northwest to southeast aligned banks occupy an area of approximately 0.11 hectares of gentle southeast facing slope, within a single irregular shaped plot depicted on historical mapping. The earthworks are visible on aerial photographs up until 1967, although their survival after this date is uncertain. The site of the former orchard has, however, been completely levelled and developed for residential housing by 1996.

Sources / Further Reading

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.
	Linked documents:1
SDV356901	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1967. OS/67039 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/67039 V 008-09 18-APR-1967.
SDV356987	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2285-86 11-APR-1947. [Mapped feature: #68190 ]
SDV357371	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96600. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/96600 V 140-41 06-JUN-1996.

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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