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| HER Number: | MDV25108 |
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| Name: | Leat channels runing from the Sheepstor Brook and northern flank of Gutter Tor |
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Summary
The dry and silted remains of two former leat channels run between the Sheepstor Brook and tinworkings on the northern flank of Gutter Tor. Both channels measure around 1.2m wide and 0.4m deep.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 573 671 |
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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: SX56NE275
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1313066
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/439
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LEAT (Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, 1976, SX5767, 1/416 (Aerial Photograph). SDV231145.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Leat on north facing slope of Ringmoor Down running between the 950 and 975 foot contours. Cuts through group of pillow mounds crf: SX5656/149.
Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S., 1999, Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor areas in the Plym Valley, West Devon (Report - Survey). SDV346268.
(02/08/1999) SX 58046707 to SX 57756722 and SX 58006702 to SX 57896711. The dry and silted remains of two leat channels are visible between the edge of the streamworks flanking Sheepstor Brook and the Ditsworthy Farm track. Both features appear to have been used as domestic water supplies and measure 1.2m wide, 0.4m deep with banks on their downslope margins. The course of the northern, lower leat, is interrupted by pillow mounds and tin pits.
Whitbourn, A., 2001, An Archaeological Investigation into features comprising, and associated with, Ditsworthy Warren (Report - Assessment). SDV360381.
Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.
Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.
(07/02/2005) SX 58046707 to SX 56826717 and SX 58006702 to SX 57676707to These leats formerly supplied tinworkings (1408402) on the N flank of Gutter Tor and a small mine complex (1408397) above Sheepstor village
Probert, S. A. J., 2010, A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of Ringmoor, Dartmoor Training Area (Report - Survey). SDV360517.
Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361636.
Newman, P., 2022, Ringmoor Down Premier Archaeological Landscape Dartmoor National Park, Devon. A new survey, Table 1 (Report - Survey). SDV365490.
Existing record adequate. Not updated for PAL survey 2022.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV231145 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1976. SX5767. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1/416. |
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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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| SDV350782 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J.. 2002. Plym Valley survey. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. Unknown. |
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| SDV360381 | Report - Assessment: Whitbourn, A.. 2001. An Archaeological Investigation into features comprising, and associated with, Ditsworthy Warren. A4 Comb Bound. |
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| SDV360517 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J.. 2010. A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of Ringmoor, Dartmoor Training Area. A4 Comb Bound. |
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| SDV361636 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2018. Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation. South-West Landscape Investigations. A4 Comb Bound. |
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| SDV365490 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2022. Ringmoor Down Premier Archaeological Landscape Dartmoor National Park, Devon. A new survey. Southwest Landscape Investigations. Digital. Table 1. |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
- EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
- EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
- EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor. The Eylesbarrow archaeological landscape
- EDV7551 - Ditsworthy Warren: An archaeological investigation
- EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)
- EDV8917 - Survey of the archaeological features on Ringmoor Down
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 20 2023 3:29PM |
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