See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.

Summary

Orchard banks of probable post-medieval to modern date are visible as a series of linear earthwork banks on aerial photographs of 1963 and 1966, at Upham Cottage. The orchard banks have been completely levelled on aerial photographs of 1985 and the site partly developed.

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.

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/FS/FP 4216-17 13-APR-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV352504.

The site of the orchard is covered with fruit trees.

Royal Air Force, 1963, RAF/543/2332, RAF/543/2332 2F22 071-72 26-JUL-1963 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354847.

The fruit trees have been completely cleared and the orchard banks are visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1966, OS/66185 V, OS/66185 V 420-21 22-JUL-1966 (Aerial Photograph). SDV357577.

The orchard banks are visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1985, OS/85043, OS/85043 V 005-06 07-MAY-1985 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356241.

The former orchard banks have been levelled and the site developed.

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 1963 and 1966, at Upham Cottage. An orchard is depicted here on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map of between the 1880’s-90’s. Aerial photographs of 1946 show that the orchard remains covered in fruit trees, although by 1963, these have been completely grubbed out, leaving a series of parallel northeast to southwest aligned earthwork banks, on which the fruit trees were established, visible. These banks occupy a small irregular shaped plot of approximately 0.18 hectares of gentle northwest facing slope an overlying the site of a quarry or extraction pit. The orchard banks have been completely levelled on aerial photographs of 1985 and the site developed.

Sources / Further Reading

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/FS/FP 4216-17 13-APR-1946.
SDV354847	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1963. RAF/543/2332. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/543/2332 2F22 071-72 26-JUL-1963. [Mapped feature: #72149 ]
SDV356241	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1985. OS/85043. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/85043 V 005-06 07-MAY-1985.
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
SDV357577	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1966. OS/66185 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/66185 V 420-21 22-JUL-1966.

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

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

Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.