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Summary

A 19th century leat which extends from the northern edge of Marrowpark Plantation to Bickleigh is depicted on mid and late 19th century historic mapping. A short section of this leat at Bickleigh is visible as a narrow earthwork ditch on aerial photographs taken in 1946. The leat had likely passed out of use by the early 20th century and part of it has since been tuned into a trackway.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LEAT (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Devon County Council, 1838-1848, Tithe Mosaic, approximately 1838-1848 (Cartographic). SDV349431.

A leat is shown in this location.

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

A leat is shown in this location.

Ordnance Survey, 1904 - 1906, Second Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map (Cartographic). SDV325644.

The leat is only partly depicted.

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/106G/UK/1190, RAF/106G/UK/1190 RP 3214-3415 27-FEB-1946 (Aerial Photograph). SDV363067.

A narrow curvilinear earthwork ditch is visible.

Environment Agency, 1998-2017, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution) EA: South Devon Coast to Dartmoor, LIDAR SX5162 Environment Agency DTM 01-JAN-1998 to 31-MAY-2017 (Cartographic). SDV361470.

A narrow sinuous earthwork ditch is visible which corresponds with both the leat and a modern path.

Ordnance Survey, 2019, MasterMap 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362729.

The course of the leat is partly depicted as a path and trackway.

Hegarty, C., Knight, S. and Sims, R., 2019-2020, The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping Survey. Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (AI&M, formerly NMP) (Interpretation). SDV362982.

A narrow curvilinear earthwork ditch, circa 1m wide, is visible on aerial photographs taken in 1946. The visible earthwork corresponds with part of a more extensive watercourse shown on both the mid-19th century Parish Tithe Map and the late 19th century First Edition Ordnance Survey map. The watercourse extends from a stream at the northern edge of Marrowpark Plantation (SX51306373), southwards along the contour of the east facing combe slope where it terminates at Bickleigh (SX52056236), a total length of circa 1.7km. The earthwork is therefore interpreted as the remains of a post-medieval or 19th century leat which had evidently passed out of use by the time of the early 20th century Second Edition Ordnance Map, which only shows part of the watercourse extant within Hele Wood. Visualisations derived from lidar data captured between 1998 and 2017 show that a sinuous earthwork ditch that corresponds with the course of the leat is visible. It has not, however, been transcribed as the 2019 Ordnance Survey MasterMap also shows that a woodland path is present in this location, suggesting that this former leat has been reused. It is therefore not known to what extent the earthworks of this section of the leat have been modified.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8098 - The South Devon Coast to Dartmoor Aerial Investigation and Mapping (formerly NMP) Survey, Area 2, Avon Valley to Plymouth (Ref: ACD2040)

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