MSO8354 - Blackwell Farmstead (Monument)

A deserted farmstead which in 1841 had an estate of 50 acres and a farmhouse but appears to have been deserted by the creation of the 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1888. Barns and sheds shown on the tithe map are still extant.

Characteristic small enclosures and field banks shown on OSAD 6" and OS 25" maps. [1] In 1841 this was an estate of 50 acres with a farmhouse. It is now deserted - there is a platform on the steep side on a N-facing hill. Barns and sheds remain as shown in 1841 and to the E there is a large terraced platform with stone foundations and earthworks of the house site aligned N-S across the slope. [3] it is not depicted on the first edition Ordnance Survey map of 1888, it was presumably abandoned between the creation of this map and the Tithe Map. [7,9] The site can be seen on aerial photographs. [4-6,10] A nearby water meadow and extant enclosure may be associated with the settlement.