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1447

General Information

  • Registration number
    1447
  • Date constructed
    N/A
  • Century constructed
    Unknown
  • Evidence proof date
    N/A
  • Evidence proof use
    N/A
  • Listed building grade
    N/A
  • Condition
    4

Address

  • Address
    Yes Tor Farm
  • Village or town
    Princetown, Dartmoor
  • County
    Devon
  • Traditional County (pre 1974)
    Devon
  • Region
    England

Premises

  • Accessible
    Public?
  • Location on Premises
    Field/enclosure
  • Direction faced
    WNW

Structure Information

  • Structure
    B: Bee bole(s)
  • External recesses
    2
  • Internal recesses
    N/A
  • Compartments
    N/A
  • Flight holes
    N/A
  • Front shape
    Rectangle
  • Back shape
    Unknown
  • Recess size
    c.30x30x24
  • House building shape
    N/A
  • External structure
    N/A
  • Distance apart
    N/A
  • Rows
    N/A
  • Shelves
    N/A
  • Height bases shelves
    c.24?
  • Wall material
    Granite
  • Base shelf material
    N/A
  • Lintel material
    N/A
  • Roof material
    N/A

Photography Information

  • Date of photograph
    1970s?
  • Pictures available
    BC: Photo(s) (B/W & colour)

Notes

  • possible bee boles in wall of one of a row of stone pens (not known if they were once roofed); ground level has risen, filling in bottom of recesses, but may originally have been about 30 in. lower; if used for bees, site would have been suitable only in summer

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