The buildings shown on the 1854 OS mapping of Dalton Magna are mostly surviving today and make up a small nucleation of courtyard type farmsteads. These are likely to date to the post-medieval period and contain significant architectural fabric in the local vernacular style. During the twentieth century there has been agricultural expansion in the form of large prefabricated shed type barns as well as construction on a limited scale of detached properties. Poll tax returns for the 14th century (http://www.wickersleyweb.co.uk/hist/daltonmsr.htm -accessed on 16th Feb 2005) shows over 45 separate householders in Dalton so it is likely there has been some shrinkage of the settlement. Fragmentary legibility of earlier fabric and boundary patterns is possible.