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Summary

Parallel linear earthwork banks are visible on lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. They are interpreted as tree planting banks of post-medieval or 19th century date that were no longer in use for orcharding by 1840.

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

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Maps and Apportionments (Website). SDV349463.

Land parcel 717 is named 'The Orchard', 720 named 'New Orchard' and 721 described as meadow.

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Land parcels 720 and 717 are depicted as orchard. Map object partly based on this source.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2504 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Parallel linear earthwork banks are visible. Map object partly based on this source.

Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, Next Perspectives APGB Imagery ST2504 08-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.

Scattered trees are visible in one of the land parcels.

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

Parallel linear earthwork banks, circa 4 metres in width and in three separate land parcels and orientations, were identified from simple local relief visualisations of lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014. Their width and cross-contour alignment are indicative of tree planting banks of post-medieval or 19th century date. Orchard is depicted in only two of the three fields on the Tithe map, and these two are named ‘The Orchard’ and ‘New Orchard’ on the Tithe apportionment. Given the latter, it is possible that the third land parcel, described as ‘meadow’, may have been a former orchard that was replanted just to the north (the ‘New Orchard’). The earthworks in the field used as meadow in the mid-19th century are less well-defined, and this might support an interpretation as an earlier phase of orcharding here. Field 717 appears to have still retained some of its orchard trees in 2014.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV349463	Website: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Maps and Apportionments. http://devon.gov.uk. Website.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2504 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014.
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 ST2504 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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