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Summary

A dry leat channel measuring 1.3m wide and up to 0.4m deep. It may have been used to supply water to a local farmstead.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67NW241
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 966129

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, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(13/07/1994) SX 62347915 to SX 62487871. A dry leat channel located on the steep E-facing slope of Higher White Tor. The channel, measuring on average 1.3m wide and 0.4m deep, originates in a marshy area on the right bank of the Cherry Brook and follows a sinuous course between the 430m and 420m contours until it becomes indistinct within Powdermills Newtake. Its function is unclear but it may have served a 19th century farmstead (SX 67 NW 119) 800m E of Longaford Tor.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project

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