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| HER Number: | MDV80950 |
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| Name: | Waterwheel at Venn Barton, Beaworthy |
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Summary
Twenty two foot overshot wheel with ring gear attached to barn.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 500 954 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX59NW |
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| Admin Area | Devon |
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| Civil Parish | Beaworthy |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | BEAWORTHY |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses: none recorded
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- WATER WHEEL (XIX - 1801 AD to 1900 AD (Between))
Full description
Devon County Council, 1974, Survey of Watermills in Devon: Gazetteer, 44 (Report - Survey). SDV83967.
Other details: No 73.
Bodman, M., 2003, Watermills and Other Water-Powered Sites in Devon, 312-313 (Report - Interim). SDV325576.
Waterwheel attached to the rear of a barn protected by a timber and galvanised iron frame lean-to. The wheel is overshot, circa 22 feet diameter with buckets 2 feet 8 inches wide and was powered by water, through a concrete leat/launder, from a pond on the other side of the lane. It drove machinery in the barn via a ring gear and pinion.
Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV325576 | Report - Interim: Bodman, M.. 2003. Watermills and Other Water-Powered Sites in Devon. A4 Spiral Bound. 312-313. |
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| SDV346129 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2011. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #107744 ] |
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| SDV83967 | Report - Survey: Devon County Council. 1974. Survey of Watermills in Devon: Gazetteer. Devon County Council Report. Unknown. A4 Bound. 44. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV80951 | Related to: Pond at Venn Barton, Beaworthy (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Dec 7 2011 1:15PM |
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