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Summary

A leat now dry and silted runs NE for 140m from the Hugh Lake stream at the foot of Hew down. Initially 1.0m wide and 0.3m deep its lower course has been eroded and now measures up to 2.1m wide and 0.7m deep (at SX 6361 8605). It probably fed tin workings located in a marshy area on the left bank of Hugh Lake.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NW48
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 903556
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68NW/42

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LEAT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))

Full description

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

(08/03/1990) SX 6353 8391 to SX 6361 8605.
A leat now dry and silted runs NE for 140m from the Hugh Lake stream at the foot of Hew down. Initially 1.0m wide and 0.3m deep its lower course has been eroded and now measures up to 2.1m wide and 0.7m deep (at SX 6361 8605). It probably fed tin workings located in a marshy area on the left bank of Hugh Lake (SX 68 NW 51).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8651 - Teignhead Newtake, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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