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| HER Number: | MDV74383 |
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| Name: | Water Meadows and Leat east of Little Bray Farm |
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Summary
Water meadow system and leat identified to the east of Little Bray Farm
Location
| Grid Reference: | SS 690 356 |
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| Map Sheet: | SS63NE |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Brayford |
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| District | North Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HIGH BRAY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: 1488913
- National Monuments Record: SS 63 NE 60
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WATER MEADOW (Post Medieval to XX - 1540 AD to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
National Monuments Record, 2007 - 2009, National Monuments Record Index incorporating Exmoor National Park National Mapping Programme for SS63NE (National Monuments Record Database). SDV343039.
A substantial leat, most likely dating to the Post Medieval period, is visible as an earthwork running from just south of Gratton Farm to Lydcott Hall, Brayford. It is depicted on the Ordnance Survey map as a stream but appears man-made on aerial photographs. The precise function of the leat is uncertain, although it appears to connect the two water meadow systems at Gratton and Lydcott Hall, and may have been constructed to allow the two dwellings to draw on a single water source. Other details: Monument Number 1488913.
Knight, S., 2008, Site visit to Lydcott House, Brayford (Personal Comment). SDV340563.
Lydcott retains evidence of a very complete water management system including valley bottom watermeadows with the remains of stone built sluices and weirs. Some of the weirs and sluices were washed away in the Lymouth floods in the 1950s.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV340563 | Personal Comment: Knight, S.. 2008. Site visit to Lydcott House, Brayford. Not Applicable. |
| SDV343039 | National Monuments Record Database: National Monuments Record. 2007 - 2009. National Monuments Record Index incorporating Exmoor National Park National Mapping Programme for SS63NE. National Monuments Record Index. A4 Unbound. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV75783 | Parent of: Leat west of South Lydcott Wood (Monument) |
| MDV75784 | Related to: Earthwork west of Lydcott Wood (Monument) |
| MDV74396 | Related to: Lydcott Farm, Brayford (Monument) |
| MDV74390 | Related to: Sluicegate west of Lydcott Wood (Monument) |
| MDV75781 | Related to: Water Meadows east of Little Bray Farm (Monument) |
| MDV74382 | Related to: Water Meadows south of Lydcott Hall (Monument) |
| MDV75780 | Related to: Water Meadows south of South Lydcott Wood (Monument) |
| MDV74381 | Related to: Weir and Sluice on River Bray near Lydcott Hall (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4382 - Site visit to Lydcott House, Brayford
- EDV4547 - Exmoor National Park National Mapping Programme
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 28 2009 10:27AM |
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