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Summary

Parallel linear earthwork banks, visible on aerial photographs from 1950 onwards and on images derived from lidar data captured in 2010, are interpreted as post-medieval or 19th century banks for fruit tree planting.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

Plot 220 is listed as Great Orchard, Herne Farm.

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

The field is depicted as orchard.

Royal Air Force, 1950, RAF/541/534, RAF/541/534 RP 3054-3055 30-MAY-1950 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357615.

Parallel linear earthwork banks are visible, partially obscured by tree cover.

Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89162, OS/89162 V 604-605 08-MAY-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356894.

Linear earthwork banks were visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0604 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Linear earthwork banks were visible.

Environment Agency, 2005-2012, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0605 Environment Agency JPEG DTM 05-MAR-2010 (Cartographic). SDV357033.

Linear earthwork banks are visible.

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

Parallel linear earthwork banks, between 4 and 2.5 metres in width, are visible on aerial photographs taken in 1950 and on images derived from lidar data captured in 2010. They are located in a field depicted as orchard in the late-19th century mapping and this, together with the cross-contour alignment of the banks, supports an interpretation as banks for fruit tree planting. They are likely to be post-medieval or 19th century in date and may have been created in two phases, since those on the west are larger at 4 metres wide than those on the east at 2.5 metres in width, and on a slightly different alignment.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

The remains of numerous parallel ridges spaced circa 4 to 7 metres apart were visible as low earthwork banks under light tree cover on aerial photographs of 1950 onwards and on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, to the south of Hearne Farm.
The visible earthwork banks are a continuation of those recorded by the above authority and also fall within with the plot depicted as an orchard on the 19th century mapping available to the survey; Plot 220 on the Tithe Map for Plymtree is recorded as Great Orchard on the accompanying apportionments, associated with the Herne Farm estate.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #69228 ]
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 604-605 08-MAY-1989.
SDV357033	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2005-2012. LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0605 Environment Agency JPEG DTM 05-MAR-2010.
SDV357615	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1950. RAF/541/534. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/541/534 RP 3054-3055 30-MAY-1950.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0604 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014.
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:2
SDV359954	Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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