Site Event/Activity record EEM15021 - 2023: HBR The Great Barns at Cornham and Honeymead Farms, Exmoor

South West Archaeology Ltd. was commissioned by Exmoor National Park Authority in 2021 to undertake a rapid historic buildings assessment of the ‘Great Barns’ at Cornham Farm and Honeymead Farm, both near Simonsbath in Exmoor Parish, and provide short written descriptions and sketch plans. This work was undertaken in order to understand, insofar as is possible, the original form, use and function of these two large and unusual barns. In lieu of a more detailed historical treatment, the reader is directed elsewhere (Riley 2019). This should, in turn, shed some light on the original intentions of John Knight when he initiated the construction of these farms in the early 1820s.