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HER Number:MDV24782
Name:Leat on Hickaton Hill

Summary

Leat visible running from Huntingdon Tin Mine in the west, around the contours of the hill, to Lud Gate in the east. Could extend further north from here. Cuts through a Bronze Age settlement at SX676659 and Puper's Reave.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 677 666
Map Sheet:SX66NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishDean Prior
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishBUCKFASTLEIGH

Protected Status

  • SHINE: Earthwork and stone remains of a prehistoric hut circle, adjacent medieval field system with relict boundaries and ridge and furrow and an area of later tin working and trial pits on the eastern side of Hickaton Hill, West Buckfastleigh

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/247

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • LEAT (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD to 1750 AD)

Full description

National Monuments Record, 1979, NMR SF1457, 398-404 (Aerial Photograph). SDV172921.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Leat visible running through an area of openworks and trial pits to SX68056720.

GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.

Leat visible on the aerial photograph.

Ordnance Survey, 2015, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV357601.

Depicted on the modern mapping.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV172921Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1979. NMR SF1457. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. 398-404.
SDV319854Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.
SDV346026Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour aerial photography for Dartmoor (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital.
SDV357601Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2015. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #84832 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV5227Related to: Enclosed hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV24768Related to: Enclosure 540 metres south of Lud Gate, Buckfstleigh (Monument)
MDV129295Related to: Enclosure 'A' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129296Related to: Enclosure 'B' at settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129297Related to: Enclosure 'C' at settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129298Related to: Enclosure 'D' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV103636Related to: Enclosure on south-east slope of Hickaton Hill, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV5217Related to: Holed stone used as sluices on leat on Hickaton Hill (Monument)
MDV4747Related to: Huntingdon Tin Mine (Monument)
MDV24780Related to: Hut circle on the eastern side of Hickaton Hill, West Buckfastleigh (Monument)
MDV129299Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'A' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129300Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'A' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129301Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'A' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129302Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'A' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129303Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'A' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129304Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'A' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129305Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'A' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129307Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'A' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129308Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'A' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129313Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'A' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129309Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'B' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129310Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'B' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129311Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'B' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129314Related to: Hut circle within Enclosure 'C' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV129312Related to: Hut circles and yards on the western boundary of Enclosure 'B' at hut circle settlement 250 metres west of Brockhill Ford, Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV24786Related to: Leat on Buckfastleigh Moor (Monument)
MDV24787Related to: Leat south-west of Lud Gate, West Buckfastleigh (Monument)
MDV24718Related to: OPEN CUT in the Parish of West Buckfastleigh (Monument)
MDV24724Related to: Openworks north-east of Buckfastleigh Moor (Monument)
MDV13188Related to: Puper's Reave, Buckfastleigh Moor (Monument)
MDV24710Related to: Streamworking on the Western Walla Brook (Monument)
MDV24735Related to: Streamworks along the River Mardle at Chalk Ford, Buckfastleigh (Monument)
MDV59821Related to: TINNERS RESERVOIR in the Parish of Dean Prior (Monument)
MDV24739Related to: Trial pits on the eastern side of Hickaton Hill, West Buckfastleigh (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8843 - Survey of archaeological features in Warmacombe Wood

Date Last Edited:Mar 28 2023 11:32AM

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