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Summary

This linear channel is first visible at the edge of a broad silted marsh at 348m OD and extends down the slope to the ditch of the Tor Royal boundary wall at 339m OD. It is, at maximum, 2.0m wide and 0.7m deep with no upcast bank. It is almost certainly a drainage ditch rather than a leat.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX67SW257
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 620424
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX67SW/439

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• DRAINAGE DITCH (Constructed, Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

Dartmoor National Park Authority, 1982, Survey of Tor Royal Farm (Report - Survey). SDV218978.

"Leat", annotated on plan.

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(12/4/1989) SX 62377311 to SX 62497331. This linear channel is first visible at the edge of a broad silted marsh at 348m OD and extends down the slope to the ditch of the Tor Royal boundary wall at 339m OD. It is, at maximum, 2.0m wide and 0.7m deep with no upcast bank. It is almost certainly a drainage ditch rather than a leat.
NB: note that the quoted grid references from this survey do not closely relate to the grid reference recorded in SMR record and NRHE record for this feature; may need updating if location can be confirmed [Richards, A. F., 16/06/2022].

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8628 - Tor Royal Farm Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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