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Summary

The remains of a shallow (0.3m deep) leat, still holding water are visible within the streamworks. It runs along the bottom of the western scarp of the streamwork before cutting obliquely through it to run south-west towards the Cox Tor carpark. Here it is piped beneath the road before emerging to the south of the car park itself. Its water is supplemented by a channel running south from the spring which joins the leat just to the north of the modern road.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX57NW136
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 919175
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX57NW/239

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Robins, J., 1982/1983, Follow the Leat, 150 (Monograph). SDV352718.

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

(28/08/1991) The remains of a shallow (0.3m deep) leat, still holding water are visible within the streamworks (SX 57 NW 129).
It runs along the bottom of the W scarp of the streamwork before cutting obliquely through it to run SW towards the Cox Tor carpark. Here it is piped beneath the road before emerging to the S of the car park itself. Its water is supplemented by a channel running S from the spring at SX 5319755 (sic) which joins the leat just to the N of the modern road.
It is referred to as the "Moortown leat" by Robins (1982).
See RCHME Cox Tor Survey (1/2500 scale).

Gerrard, S., 1992, The Beckamoor Combe Streamwork Survey, 8 (Article in Serial). SDV269075.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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