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| HER Number: | MDV54464 |
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| Name: | Leat from Cholake to Moorlands Farm |
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Summary
This leat channel, now dry, is 1.4m wide and 0.3m deep with a 1.3m wide bank on the downhill side. It draws water from the Cholake valley (SX 61867309) at 356m OD and follows a sinuous course around a spur to the boundary wall of Tor Royal Farm (SX 62387351) at 346m OD. Here it has apparently been re-routed along hedge ditches on the N side of Moorlands; its original course around the rear of the farm (Hemery, 1983) cannot be identified.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 619 733 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX67SW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX67SW253
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 620398
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/437
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LEAT (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1953-1969, 1953-1969 National Grid OS A edition imperial (Cartographic). SDV352727.
Centred SX 62067349. Leat described as a drain on OS 1:2500 1950s map (1951).
Dartmoor National Park Authority, 1982, Tor Royal Farm (Plan - measured). SDV265836.
Leat depicted (dnp).
Hemery, E., 1983, High Dartmoor, 408 (Monograph). SDV249702.
The old pot-water leat channel from Cholake skirts the rear of (Moorlands) Farm quite near the row (SX 67 SW 36) and turns to flow beneath a bridging-stone by the newtake gate; it here runs alongside a track to a pond which it once filled in front of the farmhouse.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, M. J. Fletcher (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(01/03/1989) This leat channel, now dry, is 1.4m wide and 0.3m deep with a 1.3m wide bank on the downhill side. It draws water from the Cholake valley (SX 61867309) at 356m OD and follows a sinuous course around a spur to the boundary wall of Tor Royal Farm (SX 62387351) at 346m OD. Here it has apparently been re-routed along hedge ditches on the N side of Moorlands; its original course around the rear of the
farm (2) cannot be identified.
Butler, J., 1993, Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East, Map 63 (Monograph). SDV337765.
Leat depicted.
Ordnance Survey, 2013, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV350786.
Course of the leat depicted on the modern mapping.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV249702 | Monograph: Hemery, E.. 1983. High Dartmoor. High Dartmoor. Hardback Volume. 408. |
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| SDV265836 | Plan - measured: Dartmoor National Park Authority. 1982. Tor Royal Farm. 6 inch. Unknown. |
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| SDV337765 | Monograph: Butler, J.. 1993. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Dartmoor Atlas of Antiquities: Volume Four - The South-East. Four. Paperback Volume. Map 63. |
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| SDV350786 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2013. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey Digital Mapping. Digital. [Mapped feature: #94892 ] |
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| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. M. J. Fletcher. |
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| SDV352727 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1953-1969. 1953-1969 National Grid OS A edition imperial. Digital Mapping. Digital. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV18415 | Related to: Fragments of enclosure west of Moorlands Farm, Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV54465 | Related to: Stone near the Moorlands Farm pot-water leat (Monument) |
| MDV18417 | Related to: Streamworks and openworks, Cholake Valley (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8628 - Tor Royal Farm Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Jul 18 2022 12:01PM |
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