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Summary

Probable orchard banks of post-medieval to 19th century date are visible as a series of linear earthwork banks on aerial photographs of 1948 onwards, on Clayhidon Hill. They remain partly visible on digital images captured in 2002.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST11SE/82

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• (Former Type) RIDGE AND FURROW (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD (Between))
• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

VERY GOOD CONDITION, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV49810.

Possible ridged cultivation (very good condition).(aph).

?, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV49811.

Os 6" (1969) indicates that area might have been orchard, and ridges (?) associated with this.(os).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV49812.

Aph=hsl uk 71 178 run 17:9140.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV49813.

Des=emafu blackdown hills survey 1992 archive.

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. Map object partly based on this source.

Royal Air Force, 1948, RAF/CPE/UK/2491, RAF/CPE/UK/2491 RS 4198-99 11-MAR-1948 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359578.

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

Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2002 ACCESSED 19-MAY-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.

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

Orchard banks of probable post-medieval to 19th century date are visible as a series of linear earthwork banks on aerial photographs of 1948 onwards, on Clayhidon Hill. An orchard is depicted here on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s, although by 1948, aerial photographs show that the orchard trees have been completely grubbed up, leaving a series of parallel northwest to southeast aligned earthwork banks, on which the fruit trees were established, visible. These banks occupy a combined area of approximately 0.71 hectares of moderate southeast facing slope, within a single irregular shaped plot depicted on the First Edition OS map. The orchard banks to the southwest remain visible on digital images captured in 2002, whilst the survival of those to the northeast is uncertain.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
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.
	Linked documents:2
SDV359578	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1948. RAF/CPE/UK/2491. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/2491 RS 4198-99 11-MAR-1948. [Mapped feature: #92883 ]
SDV359580	Aerial Photograph: Google. 2015. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2002 ACCESSED 19-MAY-2016.
SDV49810	Migrated Record: VERY GOOD CONDITION.
SDV49811	Migrated Record: ?.
SDV49812	Aerial Photograph:
SDV49813	Migrated Record:

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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