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Summary

Bottor farmstead shown on 19th century maps and mentioned from the 13th century. Now known as Bottor Rock Farm

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMSTEAD (XII to XV - 1200 AD to 1450 AD)

Full description

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

Bottor shown on 19th century Tithe Map as an irregular shaped building with a further building to the east. The map is damaged over the rest of the farmstead. The Apportionment for Bottor Farm lists Field Number 953 as 'Farm House and Yard' and Field Number 951 as 'Farm Garden'.

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

Bottor farmstead shown on 19th century map as a range of adjoining buildings around a square yard with access in the north-east corner of the yard.

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

Bottor shown on early 20th century map with a horse engine house on the north-west side and a 'Well' in the field to the south.

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1932, The Place-Names of Devon: Part Two, 472 (Monograph). SDV337894.

Bottor mentioned as 'Bodetorre' in 1238, 'Bottetorre' in 1306, 'Bottorre' in 1330 and 'Westbottore'.

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

Bottor farmstead shown on 19th century map.

Ordnance Survey, 2014, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV355681.

Bottor Rock Farm shown on modern mapping. Map object adjusted to this source.

Sources / Further Reading

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Associated Events: none recorded

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