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Outbuilding About 20 Metres North East of Sherwell Farmhouse
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This outbuilding, positioned about 20 metres north-east of Sherwell Farmhouse, is a listed structure of considerable historic interest. Its Grade II* status reflects the quality of its construction and its value as evidence of traditional Dartmoor building methods and farmstead layout. The building likely dates from the 18th or 19th century, when such structures were essential to the working life of upland farms.
Today the outbuilding stands as a physical link to the moor's long history of pastoral farming and rural settlement. Visitors walking near Sherwell will find it part of a wider landscape of stone structures, hedgerows and moorland that has shaped Dartmoor for centuries. The building itself remains a tangible record of how people lived and worked on the high ground.
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