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Summary

Holwell Lane Commons farmstead shown on 19th century maps. The deserted Medieval site includes three buildings showing late development with enclosures

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX77NW61
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 445181
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX77NW/106

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DESERTED SETTLEMENT (Constructed, Early Medieval to XVI - 1066 AD (Between) to 1540 AD (Between))
• FARMSTEAD (Constructed, XIII to Post Medieval - 1300 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

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

Small farmstead shown on 19th century Tithe Map as three small buildings in an irregular shaped yard with a track running south-east. The Apportionment for 'Holwell Lane Commons' lists Field Number 1235 as 'House and Garden'.

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

Farmstead shown on 19th century map with several small buildings in an irregular shaped yard. A small rectangular building is shown in the noth-west corner of the field to the north od the farmstead.

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

Shown on early 20th century map.

Gover, J. E. B. + Mawer, A. + Stenton, F. M., 1932, The Place-Names of Devon: Part Two, 483 (Monograph). SDV337894.

Holwell was mentioned as 'Halghewill' in 1333.

Royal Air Force, 1961, 58/4424, F41.0110 (Aerial Photograph). SDV280247.

Linehan, C. D., 1965, Deserted Sites on Dartmoor, Devon, 174 (Article in Serial). SDV217992.

(1) at SX744779: cottage with several barns in enclosures
(2) at SX745779 to its east, with 2 doors; perhaps a shepherd's cottage but on older foundations with enclosures.

Linehan, C. D., 1966, Deserted Sites and Rabbit-Warrens on Dartmoor, Devon, 124, Table 2 (Article in Serial). SDV307246.

SX 743779. A deserted Medieval site at Holwell Lawns includes three buildings showing late development with enclosures.

Haynes, R. G., 1966-1969, Ruined Sites on Dartmoor, 53-54, Plans (Un-published). SDV150434.

Number 1 visited on 5th July 1969. A well built stone cottage with lean-to and outbuildings. Walls survive to roof level, doors and windows have lintels of wood. No trace of stairs or room division. Fireplace at east end.
Number 2 visited on 31st July 1968. A small one-room of mortared stone. Lintel stones still in place over the two doors, one of which has six rectangular recesses cut in the outside face. Could have held a porch. Building was not a dwelling house; could have been a cattle shelter.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Farmstead visible and recorded.

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

Deserted Medieval farmstead at Holwell Lawn.

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

Outline of buildings shown on modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded

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