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Summary

Orchards of possible post-medieval origin were located on the gentle combe slopes immediately north-west of Great Barton Farm, Broad Clyst. The distinctive remains of earthwork ridges or banks, made to provide increased soil depth and improved drainage for fruit tree planting, were visible on aerial photographs of the 1960s onwards and probably survive as low earthwork banks.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to XX - 1540 AD to 1967 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4163-4164 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356902.

The orchard remained densely planted. The north-western end of the orchard has been cleared of trees, northe and west of a curvilinear shallow ditch, possibly a footpath.

Fairy Surveys Ltd, 1964, FSL/6412 V, FSL/6412 V 1001-1002 07-FEB-1964 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357115.

The orchard was largely cleared of trees and underlying earthwork banks were visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2012, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR SY0298 Environment Agency JPG DSM 19-Dec-2005 & 5-Mar-2010 (Cartographic). SDV357034.

The earthwork banks remained visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2012, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR SY0298 Environment Agency JPG DSM 19-Dec-2005 & 5-Mar-2010 (Cartographic). SDV357034.

The orchard banks were clearly visible as earthworks.

Next Perspectives, 2010, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives SY0299 22-MAY-2010 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356259.

The earthwork banks remained visible.

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

Orchards of possible post-medieval origin were located on the gentle combe slopes immediately north-west of Great Barton Farm. The distinctive remains of earthwork ridges or banks, made to provide increased soil depth and improved drainage for fruit tree planting, were visible on aerial photographs of the 1960s onwards.
The ridges fall within a plot depicted as an orchard on the Ordnance Survey first edition 25 inch map and are approximately 6 metres apart.
The orchard remained planted on aerial photographs of the 1940s but was approximately half cleared of trees by 1964 when the underlying tree planting ridges were clearly visible as low earthwork banks. The ridges remained clearly visible as earthworks on a plot mostly cleared of trees on digital images derived aerial photographs of 2010 and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2010.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV356259	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2010. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Aerial Photography for Great Britain Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives SY0299 22-MAY-2010.
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
SDV356902	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4163-4164 04-NOV-1946.
SDV357034	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2012. LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY0298 Environment Agency JPG DSM 19-Dec-2005 & 5-Mar-2010.
SDV357115	Aerial Photograph: Fairy Surveys Ltd. 1964. FSL/6412 V. Fairy Surveys Ltd aerial photograph. Photograph (Paper). FSL/6412 V 1001-1002 07-FEB-1964. [Mapped feature: #72016 ]

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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