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| HER Number: | MDV128626 |
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| Name: | Leat on bank of Rattle Brook, Dartmoor Forest |
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Summary
A 230 metre dry unfinished leat on the east bank of Rattle Brook. The channel measures 1.5 metres wide and up to 1.1 metres deep with a bank on its west side. This leat was designed to feed a massively built wheelpit and adjacent dressing floor at SX56318428 140 metres to the south. The unfinished leat would indicate the project's abandonment before completion.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 562 845 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX58SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX58SE52
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1184978
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LEAT (Constructed, Post Medieval - 1540 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North, Map 32 (Monograph). SDV219155.
Leat is depicted by Butler.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(15/08/1995) An unfinished leat running from SX 5617 8462 to SX 5627 8441. A dry leat channel commences on the left bank of the Rattle Brook and is truncated at a trackway approximately 230 metres to the south at SX56278441. There is no evidence for its continuation after the track. The channel measures 1.5 metres wide and up to 1.1 metres deep with a bank on its west side. This leat was designed to feed a massively built wheelpit and adjacent dressing floor at SX56318428 140 metres to the south. The unfinished leat would indicate the project's abandonment before completion.
Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P., 2003-2004, Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350801.
(21/08/2003) This feature remains in good condition and as described in 1995.
English Heritage, 2005, Leats Survey Information (Report - Survey). SDV347529.
Leat shown on survey.
Newman, P., 2020, Okehampton Training Area - Updates (Correspondence). SDV363729.
Inspected on 30th December 2019. A dry leat channel on the left bank of Rattle Brook.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV219155 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1991. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North. Two. Paperback Volume. Map 32. |
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| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. |
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| SDV347529 | Report - Survey: English Heritage. 2005. Leats Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. [Mapped feature: #126312 ] |
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| SDV350801 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Newman, P.. 2003-2004. Measured survey North Dartmoor Military Range Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. 28-2004. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8679 - Okehampton Range: Management Survey
- EDV8291 - Okehampton Range: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV8695 - Survey of Okehampton North Dartmoor Military Range
| Date Last Edited: | Nov 15 2021 9:27AM |
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