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Summary

The remains of ridges probably made for fruit tree planting and improved orchard drainage in the post-medieval period or 19th century were visible as low parallel earthwork banks on aerial photographs of 1993, on the south-west facing slopes south of the dwelling named Wynford, Awliscombe parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to XX - 1540 AD to 1993 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The plot is depicted as not an orchard.

Ordnance Survey, 1993, OS/93256 V, OS/93256 V 030-031 29-JUN-1993c (Aerial Photograph). SDV359505.

Narrow linear banks were visible as low earthworks.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST1400 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

The banks were not identifiable as earthworks.

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

Narrow ridges were visible as low parallel earthwork banks on aerial photographs of 1993. The visible earthwork banks were spaced circa 5 metres apart and crossed the contours of the slope over an area of circa 0.2 hectares.
The banks are comparable to others visible in this area that have been interpreted as the remains of banks made for fruit tree planting and improved drainage in an orchard dating possibly from the post-medieval period or the 19th century. The plot in which they were visible was not depicted as an orchard on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map. The earthworks are therefore interpreted as evidence of an orchard that had passed out of use by circa 1890.
The banks are not visible as earthworks on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014 and have probably 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).
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST1400 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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SDV359505	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1993. OS/93256 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/93256 V 030-031 29-JUN-1993c. [Mapped feature: #77295 ]

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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