The site was previously known as Slade Farm and is shown on historic mapping. A malt house is recorded as part of the complex on the Tithe Map but it is not clear if this is still extant.

The farmstead is shown on historic mapping. It is also known as East Lyn Manor.

Ditched field boundaries of probable post-medieval date and the former course of a diverted stream can be seen as cropmarks on aerial photographs taken in 1962.

A probable post-medieval leat is visible on aerial photographs as an earthwork. It may have supplied water to the farmstead to be used by a waterwheel for grinding corn.

A small circular platform is visible as an earthwork on aerial photographs of the 1940s onwards, which may be the remains of a charcoal burning platform producing fuel for the medieval or post-medieval local production of iron.

An extensive water meadow of probable 19th Century date, of a type known as a catchwork or field gutter system, is visible as earthworks on aerial photographs.

The remains of two ponds are visible on aerial photographs as earthworks pits. They may be associated with a water meadow of probable 19th Century date in this area.

A small mound is visible on aerial photographs of the 1940s as an earthwork on Withypool Hill. The age and function of the mound are uncertain but it may be associated with military training activities of Second World War date.

Earthwork channels visible on aerial photographs of 1964 are probably part of a water meadow of 19th century date. The system taps the stream south of Twitchen before heading out of the National Park boundary to Barton Wood.

A post-medieval field gutter system is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1947. It appears to draw water from the River Avill.