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| HER Number: | MDV54588 |
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| Name: | Tinners leat on Water Hill |
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Summary
A tinners' leat, now dry and silted, which can be traced across open moorland between SX67038170 and SX67418181. The leat intersects an openwork at sx67048091 where an earth embankment has been constructed to carry it across.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 670 811 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68SE |
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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: SX68SE184
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 916158
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/333
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, P. Newman (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(10/12/1992) SX 67038170 to SX 67418181 A tinners' leat, now dry and silted, which can be traced across open moorland from the head waters of Statts Brook, west of the Hurston Ridge crest, to an area of tinworking (Monument HOB UID 916223), 160m north of the Warren House Inn. The channel runs down a gentle gradient of between 465 and 455m OD and follows the contour around the western and southern slopes of Water Hill. It may be traced over the majority of its course, although there are several short breaks where the channel has not survived.
Between SX 66968124 and SX 67398111, the leat appears to have two channels spaced 1 to 2m apart, running in parallel, suggesting that the approximate course of the original channel was at sometime re-cut. An average measurement for both channels is 1.5m wide by 0.8m deep. An explanation of the need for the second channel is not evident. The channels have suffered some erosion through recent use as an animal path, altering the original form. The leat intersects an openwork at SX 67048091 where an earth embankment has been constructed to carry it across.
This leat supplied water to the openworks at the head of the Walla Brook centred at SX 67438093.
Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015 onwards, 2015 onward Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV362959.
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. P. Newman. [Mapped feature: #94930 ] |
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| SDV362959 | Aerial Photograph: Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. 2015 onwards. 2015 onward Aerial Photographs. Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC. Photograph (Digital). |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV54587 | Related to: Tinners leat on Water Hill (Monument) |
| MDV27750 | Related to: Tinworking remains on Water Hill (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 28 2022 1:30PM |
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