STANLAKE FARMSTEAD

   The surviving historic farmstead at Stanlake lies just north of the Burrator Forestry plantation at NGR SX 569709.  A complex array of earthworks and fragments of walling protrude from the ground giving the impression of a once extensive and prosperous farm.  The farm itself extends over both sides of the River Meavy, although most of the land lies together with the farmstead on the western side of the river.

       The farmstead was originally surveyed in detail by R.G. Haynes in 1967 and a copy of his plan forms part of his unpublished work Deserted Sites on Dartmoor which is available in Plymouth Museum.  Haynes's survey shows most of the features identified within the new plan, although a number of additional earthworks were identified and other details added during the fieldwork carried out in 1996. 

A full version of the report originally published in 1997 is now available online and can be found here.