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HER Number:MDV120209
Name:Leat and culvert in Newpark Wood

Summary

Stone constructed and lined channel and culvert, directing stream to mine workings. Recorded in the 1996 woodland survey.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 595 610
Map Sheet:SX56SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishCornwood
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishCORNWOOD

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • CULVERT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
  • LEAT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD? (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Berry, N. + Simmonds, T., 1996, An Archaeological Survey of Boro Wood (SX7571), Erme Wood (SX6357), Wistmans Wood (SX6177) and Newpark Waste (SX5961), 32, NW21 (Report - Survey). SDV360518.

SX5962 6094 - Leat and culvert.
Stone constructed and lined channel and culvert, directing stream into mine workings. Runs under the north-north-east boundary of Newpark Wood; 0.8 metres deep and 0.8 metres wide in channel 8.0 metres long, then under culvert for 10.0 metres and out and down into largest of two mined hollows in north of Newpark Wood.

Ordnance Survey, 2017, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV359962.

Leat shown on modern mapping running roughly east-west.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV359962Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2017. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #79452 ]
SDV360518Report - Survey: Berry, N. + Simmonds, T.. 1996. An Archaeological Survey of Boro Wood (SX7571), Erme Wood (SX6357), Wistmans Wood (SX6177) and Newpark Waste (SX5961). Dartmoor National Park Authority Report. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. 32, NW21.

Associated Monuments

MDV120208Related to: Channel and culvert in Newpark Wood (Monument)
MDV120207Related to: Leat in Newpark Wood (Monument)
MDV120210Related to: Pond north of Newpark Wood (Monument)
MDV15368Related to: Tin streamworking in Newpark Wood (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV7444 - Survey of Newpark Waste and Boro, Erme and Wistmans Woods

Date Last Edited:Aug 22 2022 10:00AM