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Throwleigh Barton
Devon
Throwleigh Barton is a substantial listed building of considerable age, probably originating in the medieval or early post-medieval period. The name itself describes its nature: a barton, or fortified farmhouse, suggesting both agricultural importance and a degree of defensibility common to upland Dartmoor settlements. The building retains features characteristic of its era and remains a physical record of how people have lived and farmed in this landscape over centuries.
Today the barton stands in the moorland setting between Throwleigh village and open Dartmoor, a reminder of the dispersed settlement pattern that shaped the moor. Visitors exploring the area on foot will find it a tangible link to Dartmoor's agrarian past, when such farmsteads served as anchors for the working landscape around them.
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