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| HER Number: | MDV54573 |
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| Name: | Leat on Hamel Down |
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Summary
Leat on western slope of Hamel Down visible as a silted U-shaped channel averaging 1m wide and 0.4m deep with occasional traces of a low, vegetation-covered upcast bank on the downslope side, at best 1.5m wide and 0.4m high. Surveyed in 1990.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 697 807 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Manaton |
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| Civil Parish | North Bovey |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MANATON |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTH BOVEY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68SE156
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 917870
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/318
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LEAT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1066 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Royal Air Force, 1950, RAF/541/540, 4144 (Aerial Photograph). SDV285230.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, P. Pattison (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(17/07/1990) SX 6989 8050: Leat on the W slope of Hamel Down.
It is visible as a silted U-shaped channel averaging 1m wide and 0.4m deep with occasional traces of a low, vegetation-covered upcast bank on the downslope side, at best 1.5m wide and 0.4m high. This leat carried water N up the valley from a stream at SX 6994 8028, running a gentle curving course through unimproved moorland with light clitter to another stream, Grimslake, at SX 6993 8085 and 6990 8085 [close to the end it forks, the lower course being the latest]. The fall is only c.4m.
The function of this leat may have been to indirectly augment the water supply to tin working areas and machinery in the valley below by taking water up the valley to top up the Grimslake which in turn fed the West Webburn river off which further leats were taken. Alternatively, it is possible that it crossed the Grimslake and delivered water to tinworking areas on Headland Warren, beyond the current area of investigation. Its date is not known. Another similar leat lies 160m to the W [see SX 68 SE 157].
Visible on A.P's (1950). See plan with SX 67 NE 111 for survey at 1:2500.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV285230 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1950. RAF/541/540. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 4144. |
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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. P. Pattison. [Mapped feature: #136622 ] |
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Associated Monuments: none recorded
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8658 - Challacombe, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV7139 - Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines Survey (Ref: A1/20/2001, A1/34/2002)
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 28 2022 12:11PM |
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