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Summary

Site of a deserted medieval farmstead to the south-east of Leathertor Plantation. The surviving remains of the buildings are mostly 19th century in date.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Structural remains of mostly 19th century farm buildings at Leathertor deserted medieval farmstead, Walkhampton

Other References/Statuses

• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/217
• SHINE Candidate (Yes)

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMSTEAD (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1920 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

Ranges of buildings marked as West Leathertor and East Leathertor.

1840, Rendel Railway Map (Record Office Collection). SDV232791.

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

Marked at Leather Tor Farm. Comparison between this and the Tithe Map shows the buildings of West Leathertor to have been substantially altered/rebuilt.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

Comparison with the 1880-1890s map shows the main northern range of buildings to have been largely demolished with a new building constructed immediately to the south-east.

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One, 245 (Monograph). SDV1312.

Leather Tor is Lodertorre in 1317.

Haynes, R. G., 1966-1969, Ruined Sites on Dartmoor, 61 (Un-published). SDV150434.

A well built farmhouse with large barn and outbuildings. Walls remain to gable height. Fireplaces in both main rooms and bedrooms above, brick arched. Copper fireplace and chimney in back kitchen. Built on lean-to on east wall remains intact.

Greeves, T. A. P., 1979, South West Water Authority Burrator Survey (Report - non-specific). SDV278356.

Leather Tor Farm. A group of abandoned farm buildings. Probably medieval in origin. An incomplete tinners mortarstone is built into the inside face of the north-east wall of the main farm building.

Griffiths, D., 1986, Site visit to Leather Tor Farm Potato Cave (Worksheet). SDV344911.

Dartmoor National Park Authority, 1993-2001, Survey of archaeological sites Burrator (South West Lakes Trust) (Report - non-specific). SDV365167.

Leather Tor Farm. A group of abandoned farm buildings. Probably medieval in origin. An incomplete tinners mortarstone is built into the inside face of the north-east wall of the main farm building.

Gerrard, S., 1993-2010, Monument Protection Programme Alternative Action Report (Report - non-specific). SDV145710.

Considered under Monument Protection Programme but not recommended for scheduling.

Bosense, O., 2007, Lowery Barn, Leathertor Farm, Longstone Manor Farm Survey and Report (Report - Survey). SDV365159.

Report commissioned by SWLT to record the condition of the buildings to inform a consolidation and partial repair programme.

Wakeham, C., 2007, Survey and report on the ruined farmstead at Leathertor, Walkhampton, Devon, 2-9 (Report - Survey). SDV349994.

The site has a long history dating back to the medieval period. The farm closed in the 1920s at which time it covered over 187 acres. Extensive history of the site given together with details of the remains of the farm buildings.

Ordnance Survey, 2012, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV348725.

White, P., 2013, Previously Unsurveyed Dartmoor Historic Farmsteads (Un-published). SDV352501.

Leathertor is included in list. No further information provided.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6003 - Survey and Recording at Leathertor Farm, Walkhamton (Ref: 5946)
• EDV8862 - Survey of archaeological sites on SWLT land in the Burrator catchment
• EDV8863 - Survey of archaeological sites on SWLT land in the Burrator catchment

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