MSO9211 - Ackland Farmstead (Monument)

Deserted farmstead of Ackland, ?indicated in the 1327 Lay Subsidy by the entry of Richard Ackelonde [1]. Two moieties are listed at Ackland in a document of 1772 with no buildings indicated. On the 1842 Tithe Map [2] there were fields called Ackland southwest of Luckwell Bridge at SS 903 382. [3] There is no evidence for the alleged farmstead of Ackland at the National Grid Reference cited by [3]. On the 1st edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch mapping of 1889 Acland Cottage is shown at approximately SS 9053 3852 [4]. [5] An aerial photographic survey was carried out in this area as part of the Brendon Hills Mapping Project. There was no evidence for this farmstead on any of the available photographs. [6,7] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [8]