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Summary

Parallel linear earthwork banks, visible on aerial photographs taken between 1946 and 1979, are interpreted as post-medieval or 19th century tree planting banks that went out of use in the 20th century. They are not visible on later available imagery and may have been levelled.

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 RS 4262-4263 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

Parallel linear earthwork banks are visible in parts, although much of the ground surface is obscured by the tree canopy.

Royal Air Force, 1955, RAF/540/1649, RAF/540/1649 F21 0032-0033 25-JUN-1955 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354831.

Parallel linear earthwork banks are visible in parts, although much of the ground surface is obscured by the tree canopy.

Ordnance Survey, 1979, OS/79082, OS/79082 V 295-296 28-AUG-1979 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355001.

No trees are visible; one curvilinear earthwork ditch is 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, circa 3.5 metres wide, are visible on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s and 1950s, although the ground surface is obscured by the tree canopy. By 1979 the trees had been removed, although some earthwork remnants of the banks probably survived at this time. Their location corresponds to a field within which orchard trees are depicted on the late-19th century OS maps. The earthworks are aligned cross-contour, and are interpreted as tree planting banks of probable post-medieval or 19th century date, that went out of use in the 20th century. They are not visible on later available imagery and 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 RS 4262-4263 13-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #72773 ]
SDV354831	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1955. RAF/540/1649. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/540/1649 F21 0032-0033 25-JUN-1955.
SDV355001	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS/79082. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/79082 V 295-296 28-AUG-1979.
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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