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| HER Number: | MDV125116 |
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| Name: | Leat west of Thornworthy Tor |
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Summary
The former pot water leat for Thornworthy Farm. This leat starts in the headmire of the Longstone Brook and runs around the west and south sides of Thornworthy Down before becoming indistinct near the south-west corner of the currently cultivated land. It survives as a channel 1.1 metres wide and 0.4 metres deep with a bank 0.9 metres wide and 0.3 metres high on its downslope margin.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 664 851 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Chagford |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | CHAGFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68NE158
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 902291
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LEAT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. A. J. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(05/02/1992) SX 66238538 to SX 66678495. The former pot water leat for Thornworthy Farm. This leat starts in the headmire of the Longstone Brook and runs around the west and south sides of Thornworthy Down before becoming indistinct near the south-west corner of the currently cultivated land.
It survives as a channel 1.1 metres wide and 0.4 metres deep with a bank 0.9 metres wide and 0.3 metres high on its downslope margin.
This leat may have been supplemented by water from a former tinner's leat (SX 68 NE 157) which traverses the east flank of Thornworthy Down from a source on the Thornworthy Brook.
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. S. A. J. Probert. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV125121 | Related to: Dry leat north-west of Thornworthy Tor (Monument) |
| MDV125117 | Related to: Leat east of Thornworthy Tor (Monument) |
| MDV125119 | Related to: Leat on Thornworthy Down (Monument) |
| MDV125120 | Related to: Leat south-west of Thornworthy Tor (Monument) |
| MDV6115 | Related to: Reave system on Chagford Common and around Thornworthy Tor (Monument) |
| MDV132509 | Related to: Solitary tin pit 300m north-west of Thornworthy Tor (Monument) |
| MDV27861 | Related to: Streamworks west of Thornworthy Tor (Monument) |
| MDV77264 | Related to: Thornworthy, Chagford (Monument) |
| MDV125118 | Related to: Tin works south of Thornworthy Tor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Mar 21 2022 9:46AM |
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