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| HER Number: | MDV42458 |
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| Name: | Leat supplying Wheal Chance |
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Summary
Leat 5 is a heavily silted leat channel on the west slope of Chants or Chance Hill. Supplies Wheal Chance. Leat was supplied by Nun's Cross stream and is clear in places though destroyed near the Eylesbarrow track.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 600 700 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Walkhampton |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WALKHAMPTON |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains of a section of the late 18th century Devonport Leat running from Raddick Hill to Nun's Cross, including extensive tinning remains at Cramber Tor
- SHINE: Earthwork and structural remains of a section of the late 18th century Devonport Leat running from Raddick Hill to Nun's Cross, including extensive tinning remains at Cramber Tor
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX56NE355
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1446884
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/506
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57SE/307
- SHINE Candidate (Yes)
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LEAT (XVIII to XIX - 1751 AD (Between) to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Newman, P., 1987, The Moorland Meavy - a Tinner's Landscape, 227, 230, fig 4. (Article in Serial). SDV231207.
Leat 5. Leat supplied by Nun's Cross stream and supplying openworks at SX57SE/306 and SX57SE/507. This feature is the same as SX57SE/307 and SX66NE/192. Clear in places though destroyed near Eylesbarrow track.
Newman, P., 2007, Cramber Tor Training Area Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV348210.
(01/08/2006) A heavily silted leat channel on the west slope of Chants or Chance Hill. The original source of water for the leat is uncertain but the dry earthwork channel is first visible amid some tin pits to the west of Nuns Cross. From there it skirts around the north side of the Drivage Bottom streamworks just above the Devonport Leat which crosses the dry leat at SX 5989 6992. After a short break in the channel the dry leat continues around the western side of Chance Hill below the Devonport Leat running approximately parallel with it. The leat cannot be traced beyond the small openwork at SX 5987 7023. The condition and proportions of the leat vary over its course but on average it is 0.8 metres wide by 0.4 metres deep.
Fletcher, M. J., 2007-2008, Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project (Report - Survey). SDV359195.
Probert, S., 2008, Follow-Up Works to Cramber Tor Archaeological Baseline Condition Survey, Dartmoor Training Area (Report - Survey). SDV351304.
Greeves, T., 2012, Cramber Tor Training Area. Monument Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV350251.
Probert, S. A. J., 2017, A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of the Cramber Tor Training Area, Devon, 2017 (Report - Survey). SDV360392.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV231207 | Article in Serial: Newman, P.. 1987. The Moorland Meavy - a Tinner's Landscape. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 119. Paperback Volume. 227, 230, fig 4.. |
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| SDV348210 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2007. Cramber Tor Training Area Monument Baseline Condition Survey. English Heritage. A4 Bound. |
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| SDV350251 | Report - Survey: Greeves, T.. 2012. Cramber Tor Training Area. Monument Condition Survey. Tom Greeves Report. A4 Stapled. |
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| SDV351304 | Report - Survey: Probert, S.. 2008. Follow-Up Works to Cramber Tor Archaeological Baseline Condition Survey, Dartmoor Training Area. A4 Comb Bound. [Mapped feature: #132145 ] |
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| SDV359195 | Report - Survey: Fletcher, M. J.. 2007-2008. Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project. English Heritage. Digital. |
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| SDV360392 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J.. 2017. A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of the Cramber Tor Training Area, Devon, 2017. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV42457 | Related to: Openwork at Older Bottom (Monument) |
| MDV13184 | Related to: Ruined building 36m north of the Devonport Leat portal, Walkhampton (Building) |
| MDV19902 | Related to: The Devonport Leat, Dartmoor (Monument) |
| MDV132209 | Related to: Tinners building, Drivage Bottom (Monument) |
| MDV104095 | Related to: Tinner's Hut at Drivage Bottom, Walkhampton (Building) |
| MDV25990 | Related to: Trial pits north-west of Nun's Cross Farm (Monument) |
| MDV42456 | Related to: Wheal Chance Mine, Walkhampton (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7382 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area
- EDV8351 - Walkhampton Premier Archaeological Landscape; Field Investigation Project
- EDV6034 - Monument Condition Survey in Cramber Tor Training Area
- EDV6152 - Follow-up Works to Threatened Sites in the Cramber Tor Training Area
- EDV6153 - Monument Baseline Condition Survey in the Cramber Tor Training Area
- EDV8711 - Condition Survey of the Cramber Tor Training Area
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 27 2023 1:56PM |
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