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Summary

The remains of a small area of ridging made for tree planting and improved drainage probably of post-medieval to mid-19th century date were visible as low parallel earthwork banks on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014, immediately to the east of Woodbere Court, Plymtree parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to XX - 1540 AD to 1946 AD (Between))

Full description

South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.

Plot 116 is listed as Pig Orchard, for Woodbere Court.

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

The plot is depicted as an orchard.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1823, RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4298-4299 04-NOV-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV354994.

The plot remained lightly planted. The banks were not identifiable as earthworks through the tree cover.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0603-ST0604 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Parallel banks were visible as very slight earthworks on two alignments.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2016-2018, The Blackdown Hills AONB and East Devon River Catchments National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV359463.

The remains of parallel ridges spaced circa 4 to 5 metres apart were visible as low earthwork banks in a plot to the east of Woodbere Court, Plymtree parish, on digital images derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014.
The visible banks cover a small area of circa 0.1 ha, falling within a much larger plot listed on the Tithe Apportionments for Plymtree as an Pigs orchard at Woodbere Court. The orchard plot was reduced in size on the OS First Edition map, but the northern half of the plot, in which the banks were visible, remained lightly planted to 1946. That banks were visible on two alignments might support the interpretation that the orchard had more than one phase of planting.

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: #77777 ]
SDV354994	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1823. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1823 RS 4298-4299 04-NOV-1946.
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST0603-ST0604 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014.
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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SDV359954	Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital.

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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