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HER Number:MDV24787
Name:Leat south-west of Lud Gate, West Buckfastleigh

Summary

Section of leat visible on 1979 aerial photograph. It may follow the course of a modern wall to join the openwork SX66NE/179 but this is not certain from the photograph.

Location

Grid Reference:SX 681 670
Map Sheet:SX66NE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishWest Buckfastleigh
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishBUCKFASTLEIGH

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/253

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

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

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

SX 6815 6712 Leat visible running to SX 6822 6?796. (SX 6822 6616 seems to match depiction on map overlay) It may follow the course of a modern wall to join the openwork SX66NE/179 but this is not certain from the photograph.

Environment Agency WMS, 2021, Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 2020 - 1m (Cartographic). SDV364513.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV172921Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1979. NMR SF1457. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. 398.
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.
SDV364513Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2021. Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 2020 - 1m. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #140441 ]

Associated Monuments

MDV24751Related to: Field system in farmland to east of Hickaton Hill (Monument)
MDV24782Related to: Leat on Hickaton Hill (Monument)
MDV24740Related to: Line of trial pits east of Hickaton Hill (Monument)
MDV28978Related to: Quarry south-west of Hayfield Plantation, West Buckfastleigh (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Mar 28 2023 11:32AM