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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 1946 onwards, to the northeast of Cannonwalls Farm.

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.

Orchards are depicted here on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s. Map object partly based on this source.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3237-38 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

The orchard banks are visible as earthwork banks. Map object partly based on this source.

Royal Air Force, 1965, RAF/58/7109 F44, RAF/58/7109 F44 034-35 22-NOV-1965 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355377.

The orchard banks are visible as earthwork banks.

Ordnance Survey, 2000, OS/00077, OS/00077 V 107-08 10-APR-2000 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355701.

The orchard banks are not visible and appear to have been completely levelled following landscaping works for creation of a golf course at Merehaven Manor.

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 1946 onwards, to the northeast of Cannonwalls Farm. Orchards are depicted here on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s, although by 1946, aerial photographs show that the orchard trees have been largely grubbed up, leaving a series of broadly north to south and east to west aligned earthwork banks, on which the fruit trees were established, visible. These banks occupy an area of approximately 0.97 hectares of gentle northeast facing slope within two adjacent rectilinear shaped plots depicted on historic maps. The earthwork banks are visible on aerial photographs of 1965, although are no longer visible by 2000 and appear to have been completely levelled following landscaping works for creation of a golf course at Merehaven Manor.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3237-38 13-APR-1946.
SDV355377	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1965. RAF/58/7109 F44. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/58/7109 F44 034-35 22-NOV-1965.
SDV355701	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 2000. OS/00077. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/00077 V 107-08 10-APR-2000.
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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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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