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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 1947 onwards, at Rosshayne Farm. The earthworks have previously been interpreted as cultivation banks.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: ST20NW/184

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

APH/R.PALMER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV127807.

Possible ridged cultivation identified on ap (aph/palmer).

Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV127808.

Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1974:3312.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV127809.

Des=emafu blackdown hills survey 1992 archive.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV127810.

Palmer, r. /blackdown hills aonb aerial photographic assessment/(1992).

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, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2311-12 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

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

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96569, OS/96569 V 176-77 08-MAY-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359324.

The orchard banks are visible as a series of earthwork banks. Map object partly based on this source.

Bluesky International, 2016, LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects, LIDAR ST2306 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016 (Cartographic). SDV359714.

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 1947 onwards, at Rosshayne Farm. An orchard is depicted here on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s, although by 1947, aerial photographs show that the orchard trees have been almost completely grubbed up, leaving a series of parallel northeast to southwest and northwest to southeast aligned earthwork banks, on which the fruit trees were established, visible. These surviving banks occupy a combined area of approximately 0.43 hectares of moderate south facing slope, within a single irregular shaped plot depicted on the First Edition OS map. The orchard banks remain visible as earthworks on digital images derived from lidar data captured in 2016.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV127807	Migrated Record: APH/R.PALMER.
SDV127808	Aerial Photograph:
SDV127809	Migrated Record:
SDV127810	Migrated Record:
SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2311-12 11-APR-1947.
SDV359324	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96569. Ordnance Survey Aerial Photograph. OS/96569 V 176-77 08-MAY-1996.
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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SDV359714	Cartographic: Bluesky International. 2016. LiDAR DTM data (0.5m resolution) Blackdown Hills and East Devon AONBs: 3 transects. Not applicable. Digital. LIDAR ST2306 Bluesky International DTM 30-APR-2016 & 04-MAY-2016.

Associated Monuments

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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