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Summary

Parallel linear earthworks, indistinctly visible on aerial photographs taken from the 1940s, and partly on images derived from lidar data catured between 1998 and 2014, are tentatively interpreted as post-medieval or 19th century tree planting banks that went out of use in the mid-20th century.

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 Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Orchard is depicted in six of the small fields adjacent to the farmstead.

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

Orchard is depicted in four of the fields adjacent to the farmstead. Map object partly based on this source.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FP 1426-1427 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Parallel linear earthwork banks are indistinctly visible in three fields adjacent to the farmstead. Map object partly based on this source.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR SY2899 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Parallel linear earthwork banks are indistinctly visible in two fields adjacent to the farmstead. Map object partly based on this source.

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, approximately 3.5 metres in width, are visible below sparse tree cover in four of the fields around Woodhouse farmstead on aerial photographs taken in the 1940s. Their broadly cross-contour orientation is indicative of post-medieval or 19th century tree planting banks. With the exception of a separate small field to the east of the farm at SY2836599230, their location corresponds with three fields depicted as orchard on the 19th century mapping. The earthworks are interpreted as orchard banks. The earthworks in the fields north of the farm seem to have been levelled in the second part of the 20th century, but those to the south are probably extant. The well-preserved earthworks in the separate field at SY2836599230 do not correspond to orchards on the historic mapping and may have fallen out of use by the late-19th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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 FP 1426-1427 11-APR-1947.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR SY2899 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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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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