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| HER Number: | MDV24923 |
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| Name: | Leat at Drizzlecombe |
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Summary
A leat, now disused and silted was most probably a tinners leat used to supply water to the extensive openworks at Drizzle Combe. It is traceable between SX59246686 and SX58946688 but would have extended eastwards to draw water either directly from the River Plym or more likely it would have joined the higher leat at SX59316693. It may also have functioned as part of a post-medieval field boundary linking to a low field bank at SX59046685.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 591 668 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Sheepstor |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHEEPSTOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX56NE235
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1247303
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/370
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LEAT (Constructed, Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, 1983, SF2134, 79 (Aerial Photograph). SDV231262.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Leat visible on aerial photographs on Ditsworthy Warren, to the east of the Drizzlecombe Brook, running between 1050 and 1025 foot contours. Eastern termination at hollow way (SX56NE/378) SX59206684. Western termination within streamwork (SX56NE/376) on the Drizzlecombe at SX58916686
Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S., 1999, Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor areas in the Plym Valley, West Devon (Report - Survey). SDV346268.
(17/09/1999) A leat, now disused and silted was most probably a tinners leat used to supply water to the extensive openworks at Drizzle Combe. It is traceable between SX59246686 and SX58946688 but would have extended eastwards to draw water either directly from the River Plym or more likely it would have joined the higher leat (SX 56 NE 236) at SX59316693. It may also have functioned as part of a post-medieval field boundary linking to a low field bank at SX59046685.
Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.
English Heritage, 2005, Leats Survey Information (Report - Survey). SDV347529.
Depicted on GIS survey layer.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV231262 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1983. SF2134. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 79. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: 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. |
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| SDV346268 | Report - Survey: Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S.. 1999. Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor areas in the Plym Valley, West Devon. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. A4 Comb Bound. |
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| SDV347529 | Report - Survey: English Heritage. 2005. Leats Survey Information. English Heritage. Digital. [Mapped feature: #123999 ] |
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| SDV350782 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J.. 2002. Plym Valley survey. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV24924 | Related to: Leat cutting through stone row at Drizzlecombe (Monument) |
| MDV24931 | Related to: Linear feature east of Drizzlecombe complex, Sheepstor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 6 2021 12:52PM |
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