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HER Number: | MDV61952 |
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Name: | Leat on Walkhampton Common, Walkhampton |
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Summary
A length of leat cutting across a reave on Walkhampton Common. The leat is 0.8 metres wide by 0.2 metres deep and has a bank on the downslope side which measures 1.5 metres wide and 0.2 metres high.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 548 706 |
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Map Sheet: | SX57SW |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Walkhampton |
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District | West Devon |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | WALKHAMPTON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SW/154
- Old SAM County Ref: 28782
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LEAT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP/152410 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
A length of leat cutting across a reave on Walkhampton Common. The leat is 0.8 metres wide by 0.2 metres deep and has a bank on the downslope side which measures 1.5 metres wide and 0.2 metres high. This leat cuts through a reave (2/2/2000).
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, 43, Map 45.11 (Monograph). SDV337765.
GetMapping, 1999 - 2000, Dartmoor 1999-2000 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital) (Aerial Photograph). SDV345751.
Visible on the aerial photography.
Newman, P., 2019, An Archaeological Survey of an area of Walkhampton Common, Dartmoor National Park, Devon, Appendix, Figure 6 (Report - Survey). SDV363478.
A disused silted earthwork leat channel runs approximately east to west across the slopes of Walkhampton Common on open moorland to the north-east of Horseyeat. The highest traceable section of the leat is just to the east of a probable medieval enclosure (MDV25925), where the only available water source was likely to be hillside run-off. From there the leat heads east, cutting through both sides of the enclosure in its path. Forty-five metres west of the enclosure, a stretch of the channel has been effaced by the scouring action of spring water from the Black Brook, but can be traced again further west, as it passes close by a small prehistoric enclosure. From there it continues for at least another 80 metres north-west.
Newman, P., 2019-2020, Survey data from various sites on Dartmoor (Cartographic). SDV363779.
Features shown on survey.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP/152410. |
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SDV337765 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. 43, Map 45.11. |
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SDV345751 | Aerial Photograph: GetMapping. 1999 - 2000. Dartmoor 1999-2000 1:1250 Aerial Photography (digital). Digital. |
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SDV363779 | Cartographic: Newman, P.. 2019-2020. Survey data from various sites on Dartmoor. GIS ShapeFile. Digital. [Mapped feature: #139678 ] |
Associated Monuments
MDV20668 | Related to: Croftshead deserted farmstead, Walkhampton (Building) |
MDV61950 | Related to: Enclosure on Walkhampton Common 475 metres north-north-east of Horseyeatt, Walkhampton (Monument) |
MDV61951 | Related to: Hut circle on Walkhampton Common situated 475 metres north-north-east of Horseyeatt (Monument) |
MDV61949 | Related to: Reave on Walkhampton Common, Walkhampton (Monument) |
MDV25925 | Related to: Rectilinear field system south-west of Sharpitor, Walkhampton (Monument) |
MDV12831 | Related to: Stone alignment 600 metres north-east of Horseyeatt, Walkhampton (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8225 - Survey of an area of Walkhampton CommonSurvey of an area of Walkhampton Common
- EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project
Date Last Edited: | Dec 12 2022 2:52PM |
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