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Summary

A Post Medieval farmstead and associated boundaries are visible on aerial photographs.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SS 92 NE 90
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SS92NE/9

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• FARMSTEAD (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

1905, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV41157.

'seslakes' shown on os 6" (1905) map.

1975, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV41158.

No sign of any building on os 6" (1975) map.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV41159.

Des=os 6"(1905)map sheet 24ne.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV41160.

Des=os 6"(1975)map.

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

Seslakes is named.

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

A building is depicted and named Seslakes, with a roughly trapezoidal enclosure to the south.

Winton, H. & Dyer, C., 1998, The Brendon Hills Mapping Project Devon and Somerset (National Mapping Project), 1133969 (Interpretation). SDV360961.

A Post Medieval farmstead and associated boundaries are visible on aerial photographs. The farm buildings and an attached enclosure, marked on the OS 1st edition map of 1891, are visible as ruins. A number of associated field boundaries, which are marked on the OS 6" 1962 map, are also visible, but these were not plotted as part of the Brendon Hills project.
The exact aerial photograph used for transcription is not specified, but these references are included:
RAF RAF 540/860 4154-5 02-SEP-1952
NMR MAL/76050 0089 26-JUN-1976
Ordnance Survey 1:10,560 scale map (1962)

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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