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Summary

The remains of probable post-medieval to 19th century ridges made for fruit tree planting and improved orchard drainage were visible as low, parallel earthwork banks on aerial photographs of the 1940s, on west facing slopes south of Pugh’s Farm, Monkton.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to XX - 1540 AD to 1982 AD (Between))

Full description

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

An orchards is depicted. Map object based partly on this source.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 2442-2443 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

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

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1802 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

The orchard, including its field boundary, has been cleared and subsumbed into a larger field. The earthwork banks are not readily identifiable.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

The remains of probable post-medieval to 19th century ridges made for fruit tree planting and improved orchard drainage were visible as low, parallel earthwork banks on aerial photographs of the 1940s, on west facing slopes south of Pugh’s Farm, Monkton.
The earthworks correspond to one of two plots depicted as an orchard south of the farm on the Ordnance Survey 25 inch First Edition map. However, by 1947 the northernmost orchard, at circa ST186029, remained largely planted and earthwork banks could not be identified. The plot recorded here, circa 160 metres south of the farm, had been cleared of trees by 1947 and roughly WNW-ESE aligned banks were identifiable across the southern half of the plot. Banks were not readily identifiable across the northern half of the plot.
The banks cannot be identified on digital images derived from aerial photographs taken in 2014 and the former orchard plot boundary has been removed, and the smaller plot subsumed into a larger field to the north-west. It is probable that the subtle orchard bank earthworks 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).
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 F20 2442-2443 11-APR-1947.
SDV359463	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2016-2018. The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. Historic England Research Report. Digital.
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SDV359479	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST1802 08-SEP-2014.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)

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