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Summary

Parallel linear earthwork banks, visible on aerial photographs taken in 1969, correspond to an area depicted as orchard on the late-19th century mapping. They are interpreted as post-medieval or 19th century tree planting banks.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Orchard trees are depicted.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3243-3244 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

Linear earthwork banks are indistinctly visible, although obscured by the tree canopy.

Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1969, MAL/69014, MAL/69014 V 065-066 05-MAR-1969 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355379.

Parallel linear earthwork banks are visible.

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

Parallel linear earthwork banks, covering approximately a fifth of a hectare and circa 4 metres wide, are visible on aerial photographs taken between 1946 and 1969. Their location corresponds to a field within which orchard trees are depicted on the late-19th century OS maps. The earthworks are aligned broadly cross-contour, and are interpreted as tree planting banks. Trees were still visible on the 1946 aerial photographs, and the orchard appears to have been removed in the immediate post-Second World War period. No earthworks are visible on later available mapping or lidar-derived images, and they may have been levelled.

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 3243-3244 13-APR-1946.
SDV355379	Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1969. MAL/69014. Meridian Airmaps Limited Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). MAL/69014 V 065-066 05-MAR-1969. [Mapped feature: #72637 ]
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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