What is recorded here
The farm has over 1,000 years of stories to tell & was once home to the Knights Templar. The Donkey Wheel is a wooden well-house containing a large, broad wheel which was turned by a donkey or pony, raising drinking water from 150ft below for centuries.
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Places near here
The Well House to South East of Saddlescombe FarmhouseListed building · 1 yd
Grain Barn at Saddlescombe FarmhouseListed building · 60 yd
North HillMountain / peak · 642 yd
Devil's DykeVisitor information · 691 yd
West HillMountain / peak · 695 yd
Post-medieval stock enclosure at Devil's DykeScheduled monument · 813 yd
Cross dyke on Newtimber HillScheduled monument · 1021 yd
Cobsham RoughWood · 1.2 mi
St. John, Newtimber: statueMonument or public art · 1.2 mi
Wayside sculpture, PyecombePublic sculpture · 1.2 mi
Newtimber WoodWood · 1.3 mi
The Pump HouseVisitor information · 1.6 miOther information
Photo: Peter Jeffery · CC BY-SA 2.0