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Summary

Two sections of unfinished leat channel follow a course around the south and south-west foot of Standon Hill.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1143730
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SE/56
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/137

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LEAT (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995, 4379 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224714.

National Monument Record, 1979, SF1510, 216-220 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224088.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Leat visible on west slope of Standon Hill. Visible from SX 54988114 to a point at SX 54838151 where it joins with the east wall of enclosure/field crf: SX58SW/73.
Furtrher section of leat visible on south-west and southern slope of Standon Hill. Mainly flowing between the 1075 and 1100 feet contours. Enters map from SX58SW at SX55008112.

Butler, J., 1991, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Two - The North (Monograph). SDV219155.

Upper course depicted by Butler.

Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P., 1998, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon: An Archaeological survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV350638.

(13/07/1998) SX 55388079 to SX 55018116 and SX 54908125 to SX 54838150. Two sections of unfinished leat channel follow a course around the S and SW foot of Standon Hill. The upper fragment, some 550m long is complete though never apparently held water. It remains as a sharply cut, flat-bottomed trough 2.5m wide and 0.8m deep with a bank on its downslope side. It formerly began in enclosed land on the right bank of the Baggator Brook and terminates abruptly in open moorland. The lower section is represented by what appears to be a crude setting-out channel 1.0m wide and 0.4m deep. A pile of boulders and other construction material is situated adjacent to it at SX 54878133.
The two sections of leat are separated by a tongue of dense clitter which may have discouraged the builders. There is no obvious domestic destination for this leat which most likely was designed to feed into the River Tavy to augment its flow and provide additional water for the Reddaford Leat (SX 58 SW 70) which supplies Wheal Jewell Reservoir

Probert, S., 2001, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon. Integrated Land Management Plan Implementation: Archaeological Condition Baseline Survey Appendices 2-5 (Report - Survey). SDV357727.

(20/02/2001) This dry, silted leat channel is as described (1998) and in places follows a difficult course through clitter spreads.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
• EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area

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