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Summary

A small possible orchard of post-medieval origin was located on the gentle combe slopes south-east of Great Barton Farm, Clyst St. Lawrence. The remains of distinctive 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 and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2010.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1880 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The earthwork ridges do not correspond with any depicted orchard.

Fairy Surveys Ltd, 1964, FSL/6412 V, FSL/6412 V 1059-1060 07-Feb-64 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357115.

Earthwork banks were visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2012, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR SY0399 Environment Agency JPG DSM 19-DEC-2005 & 5-MAR-2010 (Cartographic). SDV357034.

Earthwork banks were visible.

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

An orchard of possible post-medieval origin was located on the gentle combe slopes south-east of Great Barton Farm, Clyst St. Lawrence. The remains of distinctive 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 and digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2010.
The ridges did not correspond with any orchards depicted on the Ordnance Survey first edition 25 inch map and had probably therefore passed out of use prior to the 1880s. As the ridges were visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2005 and 2010, it is likely that they survive as low earthwork banks.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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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SDV357034	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2012. LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY0399 Environment Agency JPG DSM 19-DEC-2005 & 5-MAR-2010. [Mapped feature: #72024 ]
SDV357115	Aerial Photograph: Fairy Surveys Ltd. 1964. FSL/6412 V. Fairy Surveys Ltd aerial photograph. Photograph (Paper). FSL/6412 V 1059-1060 07-Feb-64.

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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