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Summary

A dry leat channel in unenclosed moorland on the eastern edge of Chagford Common. The channel measures 1.1 metres wide and up to 0.5 metres deep. A bank 1.0 metre wide and 0.3 metres high lies on the downslope margin.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1016691: Coaxial field system and prehistoric settlements at Kestor

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX68NE159
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 902313

Monument Type(s) and Dates

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

Full description

Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit, S. A. J. Probert (Report - Survey). SDV350839.

(05/02/1992) SX 66958604 to SX 67048564. A dry leat channel in unenclosed moorland on the eastern edge of Chagford Common.
The channel measures 1.1 metres wide and up to 0.5 metres deep. A bank 1.0 metre wide and 0.3 metres high lies on the downslope margin.
This feature apparently took surface water from the head dyke of Yelfords Newtake and deposited it on a south-west-facing slope to drain into the Thornworthy Brook.
Between SX 67028587 and SX 67058578 it cuts through an area of ridge and furrow (see SX 68 NE 162). At SX 67048565 it cuts the former pot water leat supplying Frenchbeer Farm (SX 68 NE 163).

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV8423 - Duchy Farms Project

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