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HER Number:MDV47242
Name:FARMSTEAD in the Parish of Sheldon

Summary - not yet available

Location

Grid Reference:ST 117 078
Map Sheet:ST10NW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishSheldon
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishSHELDON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: ST10NW/75

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FARMSTEAD (Early Medieval to XXI - 1066 AD to 2009 AD (Between))

Full description

WOOD, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV59470.

Farm recorded on c16 deed in dro (wood).


1906, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97591.

"frain" apparently abandoned house and orchard marked on os 6" (1906) map (os).


APH, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97593.

Buildings recorded here on raf 1947 aeiral photo (aph).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97595.

Dro=tm(c1840),ta410,412-3(1839).


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97597.

Des=slide 25/08/92 in smr.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97598.

Des=colour print 25/08/92 film no.2216 frame no.11/12 in smr.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97599.

Des=b/w print 25/08/92 film no.3026 frame no.27/28 in smr.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97600.

Des=os 6"(1906)47sw.


Untitled Source (Aerial Photograph). SDV97601.

Aph=raf/cpe/uk/1974/(2296)/(11/4/1947)/smr 22/111.


Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV97602.

Wood, m. /(8/5/1997)/as above.


TA, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV1487.

Farm shown on sheldon tm (tm). Buildings, garden and courtlage (ta412), old orchard (ta410) and ven orchard (ta413). Appears in ta under general heading of "slade, ven and tozers estates" and originally may have been called ven farm (ta).


Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit, 1992 - 1993, Blackdown Hills Survey Archive (Archive - Survey). SDV324187.

Vis=25/08/1992 (reed and stead). Now under pasture. Low banks define the farmhouse area? the line of a wall can be seen exposed through the turf. Farmer reports also seeing cobbles. Stones exposed in the gateway area are probably from the demolition of the farmhouse. Flattened areas were observed on the 'knee' of the hollow way.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV1487Migrated Record: TA.
SDV324187Archive - Survey: Exeter Museums Archaeological Field Unit. 1992 - 1993. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. Blackdown Hills Survey Archive. A4 Unbound.
SDV59470Migrated Record: WOOD.
SDV97591Migrated Record: 1906.
SDV97593Migrated Record: APH.
SDV97595Migrated Record:
SDV97597Migrated Record:
SDV97598Migrated Record:
SDV97599Migrated Record:
SDV97600Migrated Record:
SDV97601Aerial Photograph:
SDV97602Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments

MDV117926Related to: Earthworks associated with the former farmstead of Frain, Sheldon (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Dec 12 2016 11:01AM