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Summary

Three orchard fields of possible post-medieval origin were located on the west-facing slopes west of Loxbrook Farm, Broad Clyst. The distinctive remains of ridges or banks, made to provide increased soil depth and improved drainage for fruit tree planting, were visible surviving as earthworks on aerial photographs of 2000 and digital images derived from lidar data of 2005.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to Late 20th Century - 1540 AD to 2000 AD? (Between))

Full description

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

Orchards are depicted. Map object based partly on this source.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995, RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP 3143-3144 13-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354842.

The orchards remained planted, to differing degrees.

Environment Agency, 1998-2012, LiDAR DSM data JPEG image (1m resolution), LIDAR SX9896 Environment Agency JPEG DSM 19-Dec-2005 (Cartographic). SDV357034.

Linear earthwork banks were visible. Map object based partly on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 2000, OS/00980, OS/00980 V 221-222 19-MAR-2000 (Aerial Photograph). SDV358395.

Linear earthwork banks were visible. Map object based partly on this source.

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

Three fields of orchard of possible post-medieval origin were located on the west-facing slopes between Loxbrook Bridge and Loxbrook Farm, Broad Clyst. The distinctive remains of ridges or banks, made to provide increased soil depth and improved drainage for fruit tree planting, were visible surviving as earthworks on aerial photographs of 2000. The earthwork banks correspond with areas symbolised as orchards on the Ordnance Survey 25inch First Edition Map of the 1880s-1890s, and the orchard was therefore probably of post-medieval or 19th century origin. The orchards remained planted with trees into the mid- to late-1940s but were completely cleared by 2000. The earthwork banks remained visible on digital images derived from lidar data of 2005 and therefore probably 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).
SDV354842	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1995. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1995 RP 3143-3144 13-APR-1947.
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 SX9896 Environment Agency JPEG DSM 19-Dec-2005.
SDV358395	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 2000. OS/00980. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/00980 V 221-222 19-MAR-2000.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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