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| HER Number: | MDV54544 |
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| Name: | Leat on Shovel Down |
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Summary
A dry and silted tinners leat of post Medieval date. It is visible as a channel measuring 1.5 metres wide and 0.7 metres deep.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 651 863 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Gidleigh |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | GIDLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68NE122
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 889567
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NE/282
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LEAT (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(16/08/1991) SX 65068613 to SX 65358661. A leat now dry and silted once conveyed water from the E arm of the Stonetor Brook to a marshy area, probably the site of streamworking, c700m to the NE. The channel is well defined and about 1.5m wide and 0.7m deep with a bank on the downslope side 1.2m wide and 0.3m high. Both ends are lost in marsh.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. [Mapped feature: #136257 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 21 2022 1:13PM |
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