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Summary

The remains of a sluice structure associated with the nearby fish pond is visible in the intertidal zone on aerial photographs between 1945 and 2012, and depicted on historic mapping. Substantial remains appear to survive.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• SLUICE (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD)

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'Sluices' are depicted and marked in this location. Map object partly based on this source.

Royal Air Force, 1945, RAF/106G/UK/967, RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 4144-4145 01-NOV-1945 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351060.

A linear structure is visible.

Ordnance Survey, 1983, OS/83124, NMR OS/83124 V 494-495 04-JUL-1983 (Aerial Photograph). SDV351063.

The structure is visible, with significant scouring on the northern side.

Channel Coast Observatory, 2001-2012, Channel Coast Observatory Aerial Photography, Channel Coastal Observatory SX6148_20120919ortho.ecw 17-SEP-2012 © CCO (Aerial Photograph). SDV351226.

The sluice is clearly visible.

Next Perspectives, 2007, Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs, Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX6148 03-MAY-2007 (Aerial Photograph). SDV350196.

The sluice structure is clearly visible. Map object partly based on this source.

Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R., 2013-2014, South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project (Interpretation). SDV351146.

A low structure is visible in the intertidal zone perpendicular to the shore on aerial photographs between 1945 and 2012, and marked as ‘sluices’ on late nineteenth century Ordnance Survey mapping. The channel appears to be just over a metre wide, with a compartmentalised hexagonal chamber measuring 12 by 6 metres. Two probable additional chambers to the west depicted on the historic mapping are not visible on the available aerial photographs. It was presumably contemporary with, and used to control water levels in, the fish pond to the west (MDV45466) which is likely to have been created in the second half of the nineteenth century. A possible breach at the western end by the 1980s appears to have caused some scouring to the north, but the structure appears to have been fairly complete in 2012, although unstable in parts and with much of its capping dislodged.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV336179	Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).
SDV350196	Aerial Photograph: Next Perspectives. 2007. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Pan Government Agreement Aerial Photographs. Digital. Next Perspectives PGA Imagery SX6148 03-MAY-2007.
SDV351060	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1945. RAF/106G/UK/967. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). RAF/106G/UK/967 RS 4144-4145 01-NOV-1945.
SDV351063	Aerial Photograph: Ordnance Survey. 1983. OS/83124. Ordnance Survey. Photograph (Paper). NMR OS/83124 V 494-495 04-JUL-1983.
SDV351146	Interpretation: Hegarty, C. + Knight, S. + Sims, R.. 2013-2014. South Devon Coast Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme Project. AC Archaeology Report. Digital.
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SDV351226	Aerial Photograph: Channel Coast Observatory. 2001-2012. Channel Coast Observatory Aerial Photography. Channel Coast Observatory. Digital. Channel Coastal Observatory SX6148_20120919ortho.ecw 17-SEP-2012 © CCO.

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV6127 - Rapid Coastal Zone Assessment Survey National Mapping Programme (NMP) for South-West England - South Coast Devon (Ref: ACD618)

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