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Summary

A leat or drain of unknown date on the lower western slope of Challacombe Down.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1021394: Medieval strip fields, tinworks, prehistoric settlements, and a cairn on the lower western slopes of Hamel Down

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68SE158
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 917895
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/320

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• LEAT (Constructed, Post Medieval to XIX - 1540 AD (Between) to 1899 AD (Between))

Full description

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

(26/07/1990) SX 6962 8036: a leat or drain of unknown date on the lower W slope of Challacombe Down.
It is a channel 1.8m wide and up to 0.5m deep, with very slight traces of an upcast bank on the downslope side, running from SX 6966 8046 close to a group of tin pits [see SX 68 SE 159], diagonally across the contours to a stream at SX 6956 8024, a fall of 25m.
The leat cuts through a field system SX 67 NE 111. It was possibly connected with tinning in the valley bottom.
Surveyed at 1:2500 with SX 67 NE 111.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments: none recorded

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8658 - Challacombe, Duchy Farms Survey
• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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