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Summary

The remains of ridges made for fruit tree planting and improved drainage of probable post-medieval to mid-19th century date, were visible on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 as low parallel earthwork banks within a previously enclosed small plot on the south-west facing slopes of a combe north-west of Birds Farm, Awliscombe parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Plot 79 was listed as pasture.

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

The plot was not symbolised as an orchard.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST1204 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Slight curvlinear banks and narrow parallel earthwork ridges were visible.

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 or narrow banks were visible as low parallel earthwork banks on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 on the south-west facing slopes of a combe north-west of Birds Farm, Awliscombe parish. The narrow banks were enclosed within a small triangular plot defined by slight relict banks. These former enclosure banks were not depicted on the Tithe Map for Awliscombe, and no part of the wider field in which they were located was depicted as an orchard on the Tithe Map; the plot, (79) was listed as pasture on the Tithe Apportionments.
The visible earthworks are therefore interpreted as the remains of former orchard boundaries and tree planting banks made for fruit tree planting and improved drainage, dating probably from the post-medieval period possibly to the early-19th century, but which had passed out of use and been removed prior to the 1840s.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. 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 ST1204 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped feature: #76590 ]
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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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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