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HER Number:MDV76823
Name:Nattor farmstead, Sheepstor

Summary

Settlement at Nattor dates to at least the 14th century, based on documentary sources. Current farm is 19th century in date. Included in the Dartmoor National Park Suthority Historic Farmstead survey (2003).

Location

Grid Reference:SX 571 672
Map Sheet:SX56NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishSheepstor
DistrictWest Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishUNKNOWN

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • FOGOU (Constructed, Early Medieval to XIX - 1066 AD? to 1899 AD (Between))
  • SETTLEMENT (First mentioned, XIV - 1301 AD to 1399 AD (Between))
  • FARMSTEAD (Constructed, XIX to Early 20th Century - 1801 AD to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Three main buildings shown on the 1840s Tithe Map. Plot 370.

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

Unchanged from the Tithe Map depiction.

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1931, The Place-Names of Devon: Part One, 233 (Monograph). SDV1312.

Nattor is recorded in Subsidy Rolls document dating to 1340 as 'Gnattorr'. Other sources dating to 1352, 1355, 1347 record the site as 'Gnateorre', 'Gnatorre'.

Dartmoor National Park Authority, 2003 - 2005, Dartmoor National Park Authority Farmstead Survey 2003-2005, HF001 (Report - Survey). SDV344545.

Historic farmstead included in survey (13/10/2003). Four buildings dating to 19th century. Farmhouse datestone 1887. Also recorded; collapsed man-made fogou / vooga / sand/potato cave in rough ground to the east of the farmstead.

Ordnance Survey, 2020, MasterMap 2020 (Cartographic). SDV363413.

Modern map shows a number of additional buildings have been added to the farm since the late 19th century.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV1312Monograph: Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M.. 1931. The Place-Names of Devon: Part One. The Place-Names of Devon: Part One. VIII. A5 Hardback. 233.
SDV336179Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV344545Report - Survey: Dartmoor National Park Authority. 2003 - 2005. Dartmoor National Park Authority Farmstead Survey 2003-2005. Dartmoor National Park Authority. Digital. HF001.
SDV359954Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital.
SDV363413Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2020. MasterMap 2020. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #103813 Tithe Map / First Edition buildings focussed on for polygon., ]

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV4664 - Dartmoor Historic Farmsteads Survey

Date Last Edited:Sep 21 2020 10:44AM