See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.

Summary

Two leat channels now dry lead roughly north to south around the 365m and 370m contours on the western flank of Doe Tor. They are well constructed and display considerable effort, the upper starting at a concrete sluice on the Doe Tor Brook while the lower follows a tortuous course through a clitter spread. Both leats were apparently designed to feed extra water into the Walla Brook for extraction further downstream to supply Wheal Jewell Reservoir. These leats are between 1.5m and 2.0m wide and possess a maximum depth of 0.9m. The excavated material from each channel forms a bank on the downslope side.

Location

Protected Status

• SHINE: Earthwork remains of post-medieval or earlier tin streamworking on the River Lyd and Walla Brook and leats on Doetor Common and one running from Great Nodden to the Doetor Brook

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX58SW74
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1143693
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX58SW/131

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LEAT (Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Royal Air Force, 1947, RAF/CPE/UK/1995, 2381 (Aerial Photograph). SDV224714.

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

Group of three leats flowing round the western slope of Doe Tor visible on 1947 photograph. One of the leats flows into the Wallabrook streamwork.

Probert, S. + Fletcher, M. + Newman, P., 1998, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon: An Archaeological survey by the Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England (Report - Survey). SDV350638.

(12/07/1998) SX 53968516 to SX 53968451 and SX 53908518 to SX 53838452. Two leat channels now dry lead roughly north to south around the 365m and 370m contours on the western flank of Doe Tor. They are well constructed and display considerable effort, the upper starting at a concrete sluice on the Doe Tor Brook while the lower follows a tortuous course through a clitter spread. Both leats were apparently designed to feed extra water into the Walla Brook for extraction further downstream to supply Wheal Jewell Reservoir. These leats are between 1.5m and 2.0m wide and possess a maximum depth of 0.9m. The excavated material from each channel forms a bank on the downslope side.

Probert, S., 2001, Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy, Devon. Integrated Land Management Plan Implementation: Archaeological Condition Baseline Survey Appendices 2-5 (Report - Survey). SDV357727.

(09/01/2001) The leats are as described. Currently water flows from the stream through the sluice gate of the upper leat before (after a few hundred metres) cascading through a break in the bank on the downhill side, back into the stream.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7368 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area, Peter Tavy (1998)
• EDV6663 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6664 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV6665 - Survey of the Willsworthy Training Area
• EDV8141 - Condition survey of the Willsworthy Training Area

Search results generated by the HBSMR Gateway from exeGesIS SDM Ltd.