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Summary

Orchard banks of probable post-medieval to modern date are visible as a series of linear earthwork banks on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, at Denbow Cross. By 1984 the former earthworks appear to have been levelled, although are visible as cropmarks.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SY09SW/34

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (XVIII to XXI - 1751 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

1906, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV113066.

On os 6" (1906) (fmg).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV113068.

Aph=dap/as 3,3a(2/7/1984).

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV113069.

Des=os 6"(1906)sheet 81sw.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV113070.

Des=griffith, f. M. /as above(2/11/1992).

DAP, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV237954.

South of denbow farm. Linear cropmark features, probably old field boundaries. Recorded on july 1984 ap (dap).

Griffith, F. M., Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV8774.

Trees removed by time of 1984 ap, and by 1992 site partially in use as waste tip (fmg).

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

An orchard is depicted here on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1412, RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3395-96 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

The orchard banks are visible as a series of earthwork banks.

Royal Air Force, 1963, RAF/543/2332, RAF/543/2332 2F22 074-75 26-JUL-1963 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354847.

The orchard banks are visible as a series of earthwork banks.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2014-2015, East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV356883.

Orchard banks of probable post-medieval to modern date are visible as a series of linear earthwork banks on aerial photographs of 1946 onwards, at Denbow Cross. An orchard is depicted here on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s, although by 1946, aerial photographs show that the orchard trees have been almost completely grubbed up, leaving a series of parallel northeast to southwest aligned earthwork banks, on which the fruit trees were established, visible. These banks occupy an area of approximately 1.71 hectares of gentle north facing slope, within a single rectilinear shaped plot depicted on the First Edition OS map. The orchard banks are visible as earthwork banks on aerial photographs up until 1963 and by 1984 the former earthworks appear to have been levelled, although are visible as cropmarks.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV113066	Migrated Record: 1906.
SDV113068	Aerial Photograph:
SDV113069	Migrated Record:
SDV113070	Migrated Record:
SDV237954	Migrated Record: DAP.
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV352504	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/106G/UK/1412. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/1412 RP 3395-96 13-APR-1946. [Mapped feature: #86571 ]
SDV354847	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1963. RAF/543/2332. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/543/2332 2F22 074-75 26-JUL-1963.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV8774	Migrated Record: Griffith, F. M..

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)
• EDV6819 - Evaluation, Land to the Northeast of Stuart Way, Hill Barton Business Park, Clyst St Mary (Ref: ACD1118/2/0)

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