| Summary: | The estate account book held at the west devon record office mentions an amount to robert eggbear for working stone trough for school. Dated 3/12/1875.(wdro). Vis=3/4/1983 (belsey). Stone trough on the north side of the road opposite southbrook farm and below wall of former school, is fed by a leat from ruddycleave water, through a granite portal. The water overflows from the trough into a stone lined channel before crossing the road to serve the farm (belsey). Vis=water trough on north east side of road, set into boundary wall of former school. Probably 19th century. Granite. Large rectangular trough cut from a single piece of granite. It is fed by a stream emerging from a segmental-headed aperture in the boundary wall. The water spills out of the trough into a small pool surrounded by large granite stones, before draining away along a roadside gutter to the se (doe). |
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