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HER Number:	MDV25439
Name:	Part of the Holne Town Gutter leat

Summary

Part of the Holne Town Gutter leat running between SX6888370352 and SX6937371153, where it extends into the present enclosed land. Associated with other sections of leat, including PRN 29162. Surveyed and recorded in the Dartmoor Trust Leats Project.

Location

Grid Reference:	SX 690 708
Map Sheet:	SX67SE
Admin Area	Dartmoor National Park
Civil Parish	Holne
District	South Hams
Ecclesiastical Parish	HOLNE

Protected Status

Scheduled Monument 1020091: Prehistoric fields and settlements north east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system
Scheduled Monument 1020092: Prehistoric fields, settlements and cairn south east of Venford Reservoir forming part of the Dartmeet coaxial field system
SHINE: Earthwork remains of Bronze Age parallel reave system with medieval fields and fossilised reave system preserved in fields surrounding Stoke Farms, Holne

Other References/Statuses

Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SE/397

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 4367-4368 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.

Other details: also 2376-2377.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Interpretation). SDV319854.

Leat extending from another leat SX68887035 to SX69377115 where it extends into the present enclosed land. Visible on Royal Air Force 1946 aerial photographs.

Dartmoor Trust and Dartmoor National Park Authority, 2010, Dartmoor Trust Leats Project 2009-2010 (Report - Survey). SDV347530.

Part of Holne Town Gutter Leat surveyed and recorded running between SX679702 and SX704694. (Stream to Venford Reservoir, Holy Brook) Take-off at stream flowing to Venford Reservoir. First 1.0 kilometer attractive and well walked. Good selection of water/bog plants. Flow diminishes beyond take-off; channel becomes overgrown and disappears off common under wall around 'The Shanty'. Other details: T:\Dartmoor Leats Survey / Q:\MAPDATA\HISTORIC\LeatsProject.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV169268	Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4367-4368.


SDV319854	Interpretation: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic.


SDV347530	Report - Survey: Dartmoor Trust and Dartmoor National Park Authority. 2010. Dartmoor Trust Leats Project 2009-2010. Dartmoor Trust. Digital.

Associated Monuments

MDV30132	Parent of: BULLSEYE STONE in the Parish of Holne (Monument)
MDV29162	Related to: Part of the Holne Town Gutter leat (Monument)
MDV27682	Related to: Reave system south of Bench Tor, Holne (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

EDV7062 - Survey of the Wheal Emma Leat, Dartmoor
EDV7100 - Holne Moor Survey

Date Last Edited:	Jul 24 2017 2:18PM

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