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Summary

The remains of ridges, probably made for tree planting or improved drainage from the post-medieval period to the early 20th century were visible as slight earthwork banks on digital images derived from lidar data, south-east of Higher Rodway Farm, Stockland.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to XX - 1540 AD to 1947 AD (Between))

Full description

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

An orchard is depicted to the south-east of the farmstead.

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

An orchard is depicted to the south-east of the farmstead.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2434 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

The orchard remained lightly planted.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2403 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

Very slight earthwork banks were visible to the south-east of the farmstead.

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 ridges, probably made for tree planting or improved drainage from the post-medieval period to the early 20th century were visible as slight earthwork banks on digital images derived from lidar data, south-east of Higher Rodway Farm, Stockland.
The visible banks extended over an area of roughly 0.2 hectares and were spaced approximately 5 metres apart. This small area of visible earthworks fell within a much larger area depicted as an orchard plot on Tithe Map for Stockland and the OS First Edition 25 inch map, and are therefore interpreted as ridges made for fruit tree planting and improved orchard drainage. They were aligned cross contour, presumably to aid drainage towards combe and stream to the south-west.
The orchard remained lightly planted with trees in 1947 but was cleared of all planting in the second half of the 20th century. The plots to the south-east of the farm were reorganised and much of the former orchard was turned over to other agricultural use, and the ridges probably levelled, only surviving as slight earthworks in the plot closest to the farmstead.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #75145 ]
SDV349431	Cartographic: Devon County Council. 1838-1848. Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Map. Digital.
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2434 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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SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST2403 Bluesky International DTM 24-APR-2016.

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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