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Summary

The remains of ridges 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 aerial photographs of 1999 and lidar data captured in 2016, to the north of Godworthy Farm, Membury parish.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• ORCHARD (Post Medieval to XX - 1540 AD to 1947 AD (Between))

Full description

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

The visible eathworks partly correspond with plots depicted as orchards.

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

The visible eathworks partly correspond with plots depicted as orchards.

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1974, RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2316-2317 11-APR-1947 (Aerial Photograph). SDV356127.

Parallel linear banks were visible as earthworks.

Environment Agency, 1998-2014, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), LIDAR ST2605 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014 (Cartographic). SDV359177.

Parallel linear banks were visible as earthworks.

GetMapping, 1999, 076/99, Devon County Council GetMapping/076/99 254-255 24-JUL-1999 (Run 57) (Aerial Photograph). SDV356305.

Parallel 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.

The remains of parallel ridges were visible as very subtle earthwork banks in two former plots north of Godworthy Farm, Membury parish on digital images derived from aerial photographs of 1999 and lidar data captured in 2016.
The southern area of banks covered a plot of circa 0.1 ha area and the banks were circa 4 metres apart. The second area of banks, north of a possible bank defined trackway, recorded separately, covered a plot of circa 0.5 ha area and the banks were circa 7 metres apart.
The small southern are of banks fell within a larger plot depicted as an orchard depicted on the 19th and early 20th century maps available to the survey, listed as Plot 999, Brown Croft Orchard on the Tithe Map for Membury. The orchard had probably been recently cleared in 1947. The northern area of more widely spaced banks did not match a depicted orchard and had therefore been cleared prior to the 1840s.
The visible earthworks are therefore interpreted as the remains of banks made for fruit tree planting and improved orchard drainage, dating possibly from the post-medieval period into the 19th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV356127	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1947. RAF/CPE/UK/1974. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/CPE/UK/1974 FS 2316-2317 11-APR-1947.
SDV356305	Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999. 076/99. GetMapping Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). Devon County Council GetMapping/076/99 254-255 24-JUL-1999 (Run 57).
SDV359177	Cartographic: Environment Agency. 1998-2014. LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution). Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. LIDAR ST2605 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 30-SEP-2014. [Mapped features: #78676 ; #78677 ]
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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