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| HER Number: | MDV56625 |
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| Name: | Disused leat on Cudlipptown Down |
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Summary
Disused leat running E to W across Cudlipptown Down, from the edge of a tin streamwork to mine workings of presumed 19th century date (SX 57 NW 146). After initially running W, it turns at SX 5353 7962 to run SW into the workings.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 538 795 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Peter Tavy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | PETER TAVY |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork remains of prehistoric reaves and settlements around White Tor
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57NW147
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 919401
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/247/1
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. Pattison (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(17/08/1991) SX 5453 7960 to SX 5308 7940: a disused leat running E to W across Cudlipptown Down, from the edge of a tin streamwork to mine workings of presumed 19th century date (SX 57 NW 146). After initially running W, it turns at SX 5353 7962 to run SW into the workings.
For much of its course the leat is now a dry channel averaging 1.5m wide and 0.4m deep, with a slight upcast bank on the downslope. However, close to the workings, at SX 5312 7941 it assumes more massive proportions as a deep V-shaped channel up to 2.5m wide and 1.5m deep with an upcast bank 2m wide and 1.5m high.
Just NW of its terminus are at least seven small pairs of circular depressions, each 0.5m wide and 0.1m deep, marking the former positions of upright timber posts which supported a wooden launder. This carried water into the workings.
National Mapping Programme, post-1985, Dartmoor NMP Transcription data (Cartographic). SDV364293.
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. Pattison. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV56624 | Related to: Mining remains on Cuplipptown Down, Peter Tavy (Monument) |
| MDV56624 | Related to: Mining remains on Cuplipptown Down, Peter Tavy (Monument) |
| MDV56624 | Related to: Mining remains on Cuplipptown Down, Peter Tavy (Monument) |
| MDV56624 | Related to: Mining remains on Cuplipptown Down, Peter Tavy (Monument) |
| MDV26323 | Related to: Streamworks along brook north of White Tor, Peter Tavy (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 18 2022 12:58PM |
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