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Summary

Parallel linear earthwork banks, visible on aerial photographs taken between 1946 and 1969, are interpreted as post-medieval or 19th century tree planting banks that went out of use in the late-19th century. They are visible as cropmarks on aerial photographs from 1979 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 in this field.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RS 4263-4264 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

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

Meridian Airmaps Limited, 1969, MAL/69014, MAL/69014 V 110-111 05-MAR-1969 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355379.

Linear earthwork banks are visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1979, OS/79082, OS/79082 V 306-307 28-AUG-1979 (Aerial Photograph). SDV355001.

Pale linear cropmarks are visible.

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

Parallel linear banks, circa 4 metres wide, are visible as earthworks on aerial photographs taken between 1946 and 1969, and as pale cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in 1979. Their location corresponds to a field depicted as orchard on the late-19th century mapping and they are interpreted as tree planting banks of probable post-medieval or 19th century date. Trees seem to have still been present in 1946, although few were still visible in 1969 and by 1979 the area was no longer functioning as an orchard.

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 4263-4264 13-APR-1946.
SDV355001	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1979. OS/79082. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/79082 V 306-307 28-AUG-1979.
SDV355379	Aerial Photograph: Meridian Airmaps Limited. 1969. MAL/69014. Meridian Airmaps Limited Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). MAL/69014 V 110-111 05-MAR-1969. [Mapped feature: #72786 ]
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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