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Summary

A leat which diverted water from the West Webburn for use on waterwheels and processing works at East Birch Tor Mine which is documented between 1836 and 1927. The source was from the spring just to the west of Headland Warren House and from there the channel leads onto a raised 50m-long, stone-faced launder embankment which terminates above the pumping wheelpit. A tailrace emerges 12m downstream where water was deposited back into the West Webburn. The stream continues SW passing under two small stone footbridges, before a second leat conveyed water from just north of the second footbridge, for a further 130m onto the launder embankment at the dressing floor. This supply was augmented by a short section of leat joining it from the east which diverted water from Grims Lake.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021340: Tinworks, field systems, settlements, warren, cairns and a stone alignment at Headland Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SE381
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1345341
• Old SAM Ref Revised: 34499

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Newman, P., 2002, Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines (Report - Survey). SDV363213.

(27/07/2002) A leat which diverted water from the West Webburn for use on waterwheels and processing works at East Birch Tor Mine (SX 68 SE 356) which is documented between 1836 and 1927. The source was from the spring just to the west of Headland Warren House and from there the channel leads onto a raised 50m-long, stone-faced launder embankment which terminates above the pumping wheelpit (SX 68 SE 357) . A tailrace emerges 12m downstream where water was deposited back into the West Webburn. The stream continues SW passing under two small stone footbridges, before a second leat conveyed water from just north of the second footbridge, for a further 130m onto the launder embankment at the dressing floor (SX 68 SE 35). This supply was augmented by a short section of leat joining it from the east which diverted water from Grims Lake.

Environment Agency WMS, 2019, LiDAR DTM data (1m resolution), 2019 (Cartographic). SDV362956.

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Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7139 - Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines Survey (Ref: A1/20/2001, A1/34/2002)

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