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Summary

Parallel linear earthwork banks, visible on aerial photographs taken between the 1940s and 1950, are interpreted as post-medieval or 19th century banks for fruit tree planting. They appear to have been levelled by ploughing.

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

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

The field is depicted as orchard.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Parallel linear earthwork banks are indistinctly visible.

Royal Air Force, 1950, RAF/541/534, RAF/541/534 RP 4054-4055 30-MAY-1950 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357615.

Parallel linear earthwork banks are indistinctly visible.

Environment Agency, 2005-2012, LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0606 Environment Agency JPEG DTM 05-MAR-2010 (Cartographic). SDV357033.

No earthworks are visible. Map object partly based on this source.

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

Parallel linear earthwork banks, circa 4 metres in width, are indistinctly visible on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s and in 1950. 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 only visible on a single run of the available hard copy aerial photographs, and are not clear enough to transcribe. They are not visible on images derived from lidar data captured in 2010 and may have been levelled by ploughing.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV342938	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946 - 1949. Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Digital). [Mapped feature: #69264 ]
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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SDV357033	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 2005-2012. LiDAR DTM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0606 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 4054-4055 30-MAY-1950.

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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