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HER Number: | MDV117715 |
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Name: | Orchard west of Wessington Farm, Awliscombe parish |
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Summary
The remains of ridges probably made for fruit tree planting and improved orchard drainage from the post-medieval period to the mid-19th century, were visible as low parallel earthwork banks on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, on the south-west facing slopes south of Greenway Lane and north-west of Wessington Farm, Awliscombe parish.
Location
Grid Reference: | ST 140 020 |
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Map Sheet: | ST10SW |
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Admin Area | Devon |
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Civil Parish | Awliscombe |
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District | East Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | AWLISCOMBE |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- EXTRACTIVE PIT (Early Medieval to XX - 1066 AD to 1947 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
The visible earthworks fell within a plot depicted as an orchard.
Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3446-3447 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.
The orchard was very sparsely planted and the banks visible through the trees.
Ordnance Survey, 1982, OS/82218 V, OS/82218 V 1136 28-AUG-1982 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359504.
The orchard had been cleared and the linear banks were not visible as earthworks.
Next Perspectives, 2014, Aerial Photography for Great Britain, LIDAR ST1402 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359479.
Linear banks were visible as earthworks.
Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.
A small area of roughly parallel ridges was visible as low parallel earthwork banks on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, on the south-west facing slopes south of Greenway Lane and north-west of Wessington Farm, Awliscombe parish.
The ridges were spaced approximately 4 metres apart and ran obliquely to the contours of the slope. The area of visible banks corresponded with a plot depicted as an orchard on the Ordnance Survey First Edition 25 inch map. The orchard remained lightly planted in 1947.
The earthworks are interpreted as the remains of tree planting banks made for fruit tree planting and improved orchard drainage dating probably from the post-medieval period to the mid-19th century.
All trees and orchard bank and enclosure boundary earthworks had been cleared on aerial photographs of 1982, supporting the interpretation that the orchard had been cleared in the second half of the 20th century.
The orchard earthworks were located within a hollow that is interpreted as evidence of a former extractive pit, and has been recorded separately.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #76997 ] |
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SDV356127 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 RP 3446-3447 11-APR-1947. |
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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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SDV359479 | Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2014. Aerial Photography for Great Britain. Digital. LIDAR ST1402 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. |
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SDV359504 | Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1982. OS/82218 V. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). OS/82218 V 1136 28-AUG-1982. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV117914 | Related to: Extractive pit north west of Wessington Farm, Awliscombe parish (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7508 - The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme (NMP) project (Ref: ACD1228)
Date Last Edited: | Mar 20 2018 1:20PM |
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