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Summary

The remains of ridging made for tree planting and improved orchard drainage of probably post-medieval to mid-19th century date were visible as low parallel earthwork banks on digital images derived from aerial photographs and lidar data captured, immediately to the south of Lower Woodbeare, 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 253 is listed as Lower Orchard.

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 banks were obscured by tree planting.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST0504 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Parallel banks were visible as subtle earthworks.

Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM 15-AUG-2016 ACCESSED 26-JAN-2017 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.

Parallel banks were visible as subtle earthworks.

Google, 2015, Google Earth Pro, EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2002 ACCESSED 22-DEC-2016 (Aerial Photograph). SDV359580.

Parallel banks were visible as subtle earthworks.

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 5 metres apart were visible as low earthwork banks in a plot to the north of Lower Woodbeare, Plymtree parish, on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2002 onwards and lidar data captured between 1998 and 2014.
The visible banks cover a small area of almost 0.1 ha, falling within a plot listed on the Tithe Apportionments for Plymtree as Lower Orchard. The plot remained depicted as two orchards on the early 20th century OS 25 inch maps available to the survey and was under moderate planting in 1946. The banks were clearly visible as earthworks on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 2016.

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: #77780 ]
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 ST0504 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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SDV359580	Aerial Photograph: Google. 2015. Google Earth Pro. Various. Digital. EARTH.GOOGLE.COM XX-XXX-2002 ACCESSED 22-DEC-2016.
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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