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Summary

A leat visible as a U-shaped channel measuring 0.8 metres wide and 0.4 metres deep.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021394: Medieval strip fields, tinworks, prehistoric settlements, and a cairn on the lower western slopes of Hamel Down

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NE104
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 915379

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LEAT (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, P. Pattison (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(25/03/1990) SX 6960 7969. A leat serving the tin works SX 67 NE 49.
The leat is a U-shaped channel 0.8m wide and 0.4m seep taking water from a stream at SX 6965 7967 and running WNW downslope diagonally across the contours, cutting lynchets of field system SX 67 NE 111, to the Widecombe road at SX 6955 7971. It cannot now be traced beyond this point but originally continued to a launder bank which survives at SX 6948 7970, part of the tin works SX 67 NE 49.
Surveyed at 1:2500, plan with SX 67 NE 111.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
• EDV8658 - Challacombe, Duchy Farms Survey

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