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| HER Number: | MDV119548 |
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| Name: | Remains of a Building at Higher Cadworthy Farm, Meavy |
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Summary
Ruined building within a small rectangular enclosure at Higher Cadworthy Farm
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 549 644 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Meavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MEAVEY |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MEAVY |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHAUGH PRIOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- BUILDING (IV to XV - 400 AD to 1500 AD)
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
L-shaped building shown on 19th century Meavy Tithe Map. The Apportionment for 'Cadworthy' lists Field Number 801 as 'Barn Park and Barn'.
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Two adjoining buildings shown on 19th century map with a small rectilinear enclosure to the west.
Berry, N., 2005, Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey of Lower Cadworthy Farm, Meavy, Devon, Sites 59, Site Distribution Map, Site Summary, Site Inventory (Report - Survey). SDV360144.
Ruined building used as a hay store within the remains of a small rectangular enclosure. The structure is the remains of the Medieval settlement of Higher Cadworthy farm. The structure consists of two buildings back to back. On the east side is the overgrown remains of the probable farmhouse. Substantial earth and stone banks delineate a rectangular building 10 metres long and about 1 metre high. The stone linhay to the west has one large stone wall surviving to 2 metres high with the west side supported by two granite pillars overlain by a corrugated iron roof. The site lies within a small enclosure built into the hillside with the rear wall surviving to 1.5 metres high.
Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.
Rectangular building shown on modern mapping with a rectangular enclosure to the west.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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| SDV359962 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2017. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #78814 ] |
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| SDV360144 | Report - Survey: Berry, N.. 2005. Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey of Lower Cadworthy Farm, Meavy, Devon. National Trust Report. A4 Comb Bound. Sites 59, Site Distribution Map, Site Summary, Site Inventory. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV12898 | Related to: Higher Cadworthy Farmstead, Meavy (Monument) |
| MDV77828 | Related to: Lower Cadworthy Farm, Meavy (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7251 - Lower Cadworthy Farm: Archaeological and Historic Landscape Survey
- EDV5292 - Survey of buildings at Lower Cadworthy, Meavy
| Date Last Edited: | Aug 2 2022 1:21PM |
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