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| HER Number: | MDV54583 |
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| Name: | Leat on the eastern slope of Challacombe Down |
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Summary
This leat, a dry, blunted-V-shaped channel 2.2m wide and 1m deep with upcast bank 3.2m wide and 1m high on the downslope side, runs S from a source on Headland Warren [not investigated] into Challacombe at SX 6923 8044 and ends at SX 6926 8035. From this point a trench runs E straight downhill into a tinners' openwork.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 692 803 |
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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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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | MANATON |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX68SE166
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 918027
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/328
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LEAT (Constructed, Post Medieval - 1540 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, 1977, SX6980, 1/33-35 (Aerial Photograph). SDV245035.
Visible.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, P. Pattison (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
(25/04/1990) SX 6925 8040: a leat on the E slope of Challacombe Down.
This leat, a dry, blunted-V-shaped channel 2.2m wide and 1m deep with upcast bank 3.2m wide and 1m high on the downslope side, runs S from a source on Headland Warren [not investigated] into Challacombe at SX 6923 8044 and ends at SX 6926 8035. From this point a trench runs E straight downhill into a tinners' openwork [see SX 68 SE 146 for details].
Surveyed at 1:2500 with SX 67 NE 111.
Newman, P., 2002, Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines, P. Newman (Report - Survey). SDV363213.
(25/07/2001) Northern section investigated during Headland Warren Survey 2001. The leat is first traceable emerging from a small tinners' reservoir beside the large openworks (SX 68 SE 351) on the crest of the hill near Headland Warren at SX 6907 8088.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV245035 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1977. SX6980. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 1/33-35. |
| 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. |
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| SDV363213 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2002. Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines. English Heritage. A1/34/2002. A4 Comb Bound + Digital. P. Newman. [Mapped feature: #137241 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV54584 | Related to: A short leat on the eastern slope of Challacombe Down (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV8658 - Challacombe, Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project
| Date Last Edited: | Apr 29 2022 3:32PM |
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