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Summary

A leat channel and a system of feeders, now dry and silted, had its source on Bledge Brook and supplied water to tin streamworks further down the same tributary (MDV27917). The main leat runs approximately north to south and is a substantial example of its type, with an earthwork channel averaging 2.0 metres wide (wider in places) by 0.5 metres and a sizeable bank on its downslope side. Smaller feeders taken from the leat are less well defined and barely visible in places, though may be traced running down the slope towards the tinwork.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LEAT (Constructed, XV to XIX - 1450 AD? to 1900 AD (Between))

Full description

Newman, P., 2018, Erme Valley Survey data (GIS and Excel spreadsheet) (Cartographic). SDV361913.

Feature shown on survey.

Newman, P., 2018, The Upper Erme Valley, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: An Archaeological Survey, Appendix 1 (Report - Survey). SDV362921.

A ruined rectangular building set amidst an area of tin streamwork remains, 12 metres west of the River Erme, north of Blatchford Bottom. A probable tinners’ hut or lodge. The walls have been built into a hollow between the waste heaps of the tinwork, reinforced with a dry-stone revetment on three sides and banked on the southern end. The entrance was on the western side. The interior dimensions are 6.0 metres by 2.8 metres.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8082 - Survey of the Upper Erme Valley

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