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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 west of The Mattocks.

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.

An orchard is depicted here on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3390-91 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

Earthwork banks are partly visible.

Royal Air Force, 1963, RAF/543/2332, RAF/543/2332 2F22 083-84 26-JUL-1963 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354847.

The orchard banks are visible as a series of linear earthworks.

Ordnance Survey, 2000, OS/00981, OS/00981 V 110-111 19-MAR-2000 (Aerial Photograph). SDV358750.

Earthwork banks survive within the former extraction pit.

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 west of The Mattocks. An orchard is 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 thinned out, leaving a series of parallel northeast to southwest aligned earthwork banks, on which the fruit trees were established, visible. The orchard banks are more clearly visible on aerial photographs of 1963, by which time the fruit trees have been completely cleared. These banks occupy an area of approximately 0.29 hectares of gentle southwest facing slope, within a rectilinear shaped plot depicted on the First Edition OS map. The site of the orchard appears to overly the site of a former extraction pit located at its southern extent. Traces of the orchard banks survive within this pit on aerial photographs of 2000, although appear to have been completely levelled elsewhere.

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 3390-91 13-APR-1946.
SDV354847	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1963. RAF/543/2332. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/543/2332 2F22 083-84 26-JUL-1963. [Mapped feature: #72170 ]
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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SDV358750	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 2000. OS/00981. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). OS/00981 V 110-111 19-MAR-2000.

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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