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| HER Number: | MDV5218 |
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| Name: | Holed stone used as sluice on leat on Buckfastleigh Moor |
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Summary
One of two stones with square holes, once used as sluices.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 688 673 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX66NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | West Buckfastleigh |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | WEST BUCKFASTLEIGH |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX66NE9
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 441375
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX66NE/38
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- SLUICE (XIX - 1801 AD (Between) to 1899 AD (Between))
- STONE (XIX - 1801 AD (Between) to 1899 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division, 1977, SX66NE9 (Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card). SDV147259.
(SX 68246733, 68806738) Two stones with square holes once used as sluices (citing Worth, R. H., 10/12/1948).
(20/07/1977) These two dressed stones were used to regulate the flow of the leat which runs from Brockhill Mires, and are probably of 19th century date.
'B' SX 68796737 This stone stands upright, but apparently away from the leat, and measures, 1.4m by 0.25m) by at least 0.5 m high, with a square opening, 0.3m by at least 0.1 m high, in the middle of the lower edge. The stones are not a bisected cross base.
Surveyed at 1:10 000 on PFD See photograph.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV147259 | Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card: Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division. 1977. SX66NE9. Ordnance Survey Archaeology Division Card. Card Index. [Mapped feature: #32638 ] |
Associated Monuments
| MDV5217 | Related to: Holed stone used as sluices on leat on Hickaton Hill (Monument) |
| MDV24786 | Related to: Leat on Buckfastleigh Moor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 20 2021 11:25AM |
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