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Summary

Building 2: Remains of Redford Farm barn shown on 19th and early 20th century maps with part of an outline still present on modern mapping

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• BARN (Built, XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD? to 1840 AD (Between))

Full description

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

'Redeford' shown on 19th century Tithe Map as two rectangular buildings on the north and south sides of a rectilinear yard surrounded by six small enclosures. The Apportionment for 'Redeford' Lists Field Number 907 as 'Houses Courtlage & C', Field Number 909 as 'Courtlage' and Field Number 910 as 'Garden'.

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

Rectangular building shown at 'Redford' on 19th century map.

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

Southern building at 'Redford' shown on early 20th century map as a rectangular building with an extension on the north-east side.

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

Redford was mentioned as 'Redeford' in 1342.

Royal Air Force, 1946 - 1949, Royal Air Force Aerial Photographs, 2149 4291 (Aerial Photograph). SDV342938.

Photograph taken on 11th June 1947.

Royal Air Force, 1961, Royal Air Force Photograph, F44.138 (Aerial Photograph). SDV303830.

Photograph taken on 25th May 1961.

Linehan, C. D., 1966, Deserted Sites and Rabbit-Warrens on Dartmoor, Devon, 113-144 (Article in Serial). SDV307246.

Deserted household of four buildings and enclosures at Redford. Buildings show late development.

Haynes, R. G., 1966-1969, Ruined Sites on Dartmoor, 110, Plan (Un-published). SDV150434.

Site visited on 29th April 1968. A ruined farm abandoned probably less than 100 years ago. Little remains except for foundations of dwelling and outbuildings. Mortared and slated.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Interpretation). SDV319854.

Recorded on aerial photograph.

Gerrard, S., 2002, Alternative Action Report (Report - Survey). SDV276121.

Alternative action report.

Greeves, T., 2007, Reddaford Farm, Willsworthy: An Archaeological and Historical Survey, 28, Figures 12,14 & 22 (Report - Survey). SDV360294.

The survey at Reddaford Farm identified six buildings within the farmstead.
Building 2: A barn on the south side of the farmyard may have been built on the footprint of a Medieval dwelling house. The eastern compartment is 7.6 metres by 3.9 metres internally. The western compartment is 4 metres by 2.8 metres internally and there may have been a lean-to at the west end.

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

Redford listed as a lost farmstead.

National Monument Record, 2015, Pastscape (Website). SDV357603.

Site visited on 9th September 1979. The degree of deterioration of the buildings since 1907 is remarkable. Although the outbuildings are unmortared the site is probably Post-medieval. A moulded granite fireplace jamb survives. Plan shows buildings within hedgebanks, and a possible pillow mound.

Ordnance Survey, 2016, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359352.

Outline of part of the building shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV7321 - Reddaford Farm, Willsworthy: An Archaeological and Historical Survey

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