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HER Number: | MDV52640 |
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Name: | Trowlesworthy Pot-water Leat, Shaugh Prior |
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Summary
The course of a now dry leat channel follows a sinuous course along the 290m contour between Hentor Brook and Spring Tide. The channel is visible as a ditch around 1.2m wide and up to 0.6m deep fronted by a bank 2.0m wide and 0.4m high on its downslope side.
Location
Grid Reference: | SX 577 647 |
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Map Sheet: | SX56SE |
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Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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Civil Parish | Shaugh Prior |
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District | South Hams |
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Ecclesiastical Parish | SHAUGH PRIOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX56SE239
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1360626
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/486
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LEAT (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140799, 4/4/1995 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.
This leat follows the contour around the northern side of Little Trowlesworthy Tor and overlooks the valley of the River Plym. Leads from a point north of Little Trowlesworthy Tor at SX57636497 and originally carried water to Trowlesworthy Warren House. It is interrupted by a pillow mound which partly overlies it at SX57296489.
Only the length of leat under and within 2 metres of the pillow mound ditch is scheduled, and where visible the leat survives as 1.6 metre wide and 0.5 metre channel. Material upcast during the construction of this leat forms a bank on its lower side and this measures 1 metre wide and 0.2 metres high.
National Trust and English Heritage, 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape, Page 35, Number 102.098 (Report - non-specific). SDV166309.
Trowlesworthy Pot-water Leat. Runs from SX5764 6495 to SX57286472. Remnant of leat, following contour from an isolated point north of Little Trowlesworthy Tor, to area of boggy ground, west of the Tor (originally collected water from Spanish Lake). Bank on the west side, 1 metre wide, 0.2 metres high. 535 metres long, 1.6 metres wide, 0.5 metres deep.
Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.
(20/05/2002) SX 58276430 to SX 57686392. The course of a now dry leat channel follows a sinuous course along the 290m contour between Hentor Brook and Spring Tide. The channel is visible as a ditch around 1.2m wide and up to 0.6m deep fronted by a bank 2.0m wide and 0.4m high on its downslope side.
This feature is probably related to the extraction of China Clay and designed to supplement the supply of water in Spring Tide prior to the construction of the Lee Moor China Clay Works Leat in the 19th century.
In several places the channel is obscured by the subsequent growth of marsh.
GeoInformation Group Ltd, 2010, 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution) (Aerial Photograph). SDV346026.
Leat is visible on the aerial photography.
Sources / Further Reading
SDV166309 | Report - non-specific: National Trust and English Heritage. 1994. The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape. National Trust Archaeological Survey Report. 102.130. A4 Comb Bound. Page 35, Number 102.098. |
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SDV277946 | Report - Survey: Gerrard, S.. 1990-2002. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset.. Mixed Archive Material + Digital. MPP 140799, 4/4/1995. |
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SDV346026 | Aerial Photograph: GeoInformation Group Ltd. 2010. 1:625 2010 Colour (12.5cm resolution). 2010 Aerial Photographs. Digital. |
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SDV350782 | Report - Survey: Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J.. 2002. Plym Valley survey. English Heritage Archaeological Investigation Report. Unknown. |
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Associated Monuments
MDV52641 | Related to: Leat from Trowlesworthy Pot-water Leat to Warren House (Monument) |
MDV52665 | Related to: Leat supplying Trowlesworthy Warren House, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
MDV24933 | Related to: Lee Moor China Clay Leat, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
MDV52642 | Related to: Pillow mound 530 metres east-north-east of Trowlesworthy Warren House (Monument) |
MDV55299 | Related to: Pillow mound 760 metres east-north-east of Trowlesworthy Warren House (Monument) |
MDV14148 | Related to: Trowlesworthy Warren, Shaugh Prior (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7369 - Survey of Granite Loading Bays at Trowlesworthy, Devon
- EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
- EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)
Date Last Edited: | Sep 7 2021 11:31AM |
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