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HER Number:MDV32065
Name:GULLY in the Parish of Shaugh Prior

Summary

Wide deep gully, recently excavated to collect water from phillips leat. The gully runs from cotor brook to spanish lake and cuts through phillips leat. It possibly replaced an earthwork dam, which, according to haynes, was constructed in 1972 to divert water to spanish lake. Dimensions: length 155m x breadth 4m x depth 1.50m (mercer).

Location

Grid Reference:SX 583 642
Map Sheet:SX56SE
Admin AreaDartmoor National Park
Civil ParishShaugh Prior
DistrictSouth Hams
Ecclesiastical ParishSHAUGH PRIOR

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

  • Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/347

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • GULLY (Unknown date)

Full description

Haynes, R. G., Map of Trowlesworthy Warren (Cartographic). SDV165949.

Des=haynes maps of trowlesworthy/in plymouth city library.

Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV169481.

Mercer, r. J. /upper plym valley survey/(1987)1208.

MERCER, Untitled Source (Migrated Record). SDV121316.

Wide deep gully, recently excavated to collect water from phillips leat. The gully runs from cotor brook to spanish lake and cuts through phillips leat. It possibly replaced an earthwork dam, which, according to haynes, was constructed in 1972 to divert water to spanish lake. Dimensions: length 155m x breadth 4m x depth 1.50m (mercer).

Sources / Further Reading

SDV121316Migrated Record: MERCER.
SDV165949Cartographic: Haynes, R. G.. Map of Trowlesworthy Warren. Unknown.
SDV169481Migrated Record:

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

  • EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape

Date Last Edited:Jan 16 2023 3:59PM