MSO8302 - Clicket Farm, Timberscombe (Monument)

The medieval origin of Clicket farmstead is implied by the Lay Subsidy of 1327. It is shown as a small settlement on the Tithe Map of 1844. The site now comprises ruined buildings, a hollow way, a possible mill site and a number of enclosures.

Good earthworks of a deserted farm exist at Clicket, SS 963 395, in Timberscombe parish. Possibly medieval. [1] SS 962396. Deserted site of Clicket, indicated in the 1327 Lay Subsidy (under Porlock) by the entry of Nicholas Cliket. [2] It is shown on the 1844 Tithe Map as a small settlement, part of Allercot. [3] On the ground there is a holloway running parallel with the stream lined with ruined buildings, a possible mill site and a number of enclosures. There are many exaggerated local traditions about the former size of the hamlet (M Aston, fieldwork 12th February 1977 and 18th January 1878). [4] SS 9627 3950. A number of isolated buildings on either side of the banks of a tributary stream of the River Avill (here flowing north). They seem to represent cottages and agricultural buildings. Contrary to [4], there is no definite road pattern, but it seems as if a trackway formerly ran along the valley bottom, and it is marked in places by a hedged way and elsewhere by small bridges or crossing points across the stream. The ruins are generally well preserved, due to their remoteness and are densely overgrown which precluded detailed recording. They all appear to have been deserted during the 19th Century. [5] The site is depicted and labelled on 25 inch 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map. [7] Some of the buildings appear to be shown as ruins on 2018 MasterMap data. [8] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [9]