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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, to the northwest of Swanhams Farm.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to Modern - 1540 AD to 2013 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The site of the orchard is symbolised on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RP 3329-30 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354994.

The orchard trees have been completely cleared, exposing a series of linear earthwork banks. Map object based on this source.

Ordnance Survey, 1966, OS/66184 V, OS/66184 V 139-140 22-JUL-1966 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357044.

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

Ordnance Survey, 1989, OS/89276, OS/89276 V 177-778 14-JUN-1989 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357047.

The earthwork banks have been largely levelled as part of construction of Swanhams Poultry Farm, although slight earthworks remain visible at the southern extent.

Ordnance Survey, 1996, OS/96599 V, OS/96599 V 221-22 06-JUN-1996 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357338.

The remaining earthworks appear to have been completely levelled.

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, to the northwest of Swanhams Farm. The site of the orchard is first symbolised 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 completely grubbed out, leaving a series of parallel earthwork banks, on which the fruit trees were established, visible. The banks occupy an area of approximately 0.40 hectares of level land, within a single rectilinear shaped plot depicted on historical mapping. The earthworks have been largely levelled on aerial photographs of 1989 as part of construction of Swanhams Poultry Farm, although slight earthworks remain visible at the southern extent. These remaining earthworks appear to have been completely levelled by 1996.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV354994	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RP 3329-30 04-NOV-1946.
SDV356883	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2014-2015. East and Mid Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
	Linked documents:1
SDV357044	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1966. OS/66184 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/66184 V 139-140 22-JUL-1966.
SDV357047	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1989. OS/89276. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/89276 V 177-778 14-JUN-1989.
SDV357338	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1996. OS/96599 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/96599 V 221-22 06-JUN-1996.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6530 - The East and Mid-Devon Rivers Catchment NMP project (Ref: ACD613)

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