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Summary

Linear earthwork banks, interpreted as tree planting banks of a post-medieval or 19th century orchard, are visible on aerial imagery taken from the 1940’s onwards and on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019. The orchard had mostly passed out of use by 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

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

The earthworks correspond with land parcel 1772 recorded as an orchard.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

An orchard is shown in this location.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Linear earthwork banks are visible. The fruit trees have been almost completely removed.

Environment Agency, 2000-2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Environment Agency LAST RETURN 19-APR-2019 (Cartographic). SDV363954.

Linear earthwork banks are visible.

NERC, 2013, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) Tellus: Tamar Aerial Survey project area, LIDAR Tellus LAST RETURN 01-JUL-2013 to 31-AUG-2013 (Cartographic). SDV363955.

Linear earthwork banks are visible.

Google, 2019, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 30-MAY-2021 ACCESSED 05-MAY-2021 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363088.

Linear earthwork banks are visible.

Hegarty, C., Houghton, E., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2020-2021, Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M project) (Interpretation). SDV363945.

Parallel earthwork banks, circa 4.5m wide, are visible on aerial imagery taken from the 1940’s onwards and on visualisations derived from lidar data captured in 2013 and 2019.
The banks are closely spaced and are aligned across the contours of the south-west facing combe slope, occupying an area of approximately 0.52 hectares.
The visible banks correspond with land parcel 1772 on the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map which is recorded as an orchard on the accompanying Tithe Apportionment. An orchard is also shown here on the early-20th century Second Edition Ordnance Survey map, although the fruit trees have been almost completely removed by the 1940s, suggesting that it had mostly passed out of use by this time.
An orchard in this location supports the interpretation that the earthworks are the remains of post-medieval or 19th century tree planting banks, the fruit trees having been established on the earthworks for increased soil depth and improved drainage.
A second possible area of orchard banks have been recorded circa 65 metres to the north-east (MDV130669).

Understanding Landscapes Project, 2020-2021, University of Exeter Understanding Landscapes Project - Volunteer data (Interpretation). SDV363949.

Past orchard shown on 1904 Second Edition Ordnance Survey map.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8345 - Tamar/Lidar; A Single Source Approach to Landscape Survey and Socially Distanced Community Archaeology Area 1 (AI&M) (Ref: ACD2380)

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