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| HER Number: | MDV13135 |
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| Name: | Pedlar's Brook, Harford |
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Summary
An ancient leat, now disused and dry, which took water from the left bank of the Butterbrook, at a point above where is now the W. A. Reservoir (built 1914). The leat follows a course SW over open moor for c.900m to reach the enclosed farmland at SX 6413 5887.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 645 592 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX65NW |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Harford |
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| District | South Hams |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | HARFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NE/279
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX65NW/90
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LEAT (Constructed, Early Medieval to Post Medieval - 1066 AD (Between) to 1750 AD (Between))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
Tithe map 1838.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 1218-1219 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
Hankin, C. F., 1977-1980, Harford Parish Checklist (Worksheet). SDV149931.
SX 6487 5934 Pedlar's Brook. Alt. C.270m - 200m. (Estimated 1977) An ancient leat, now disused and dry, which took water from the left bank of the Butterbrook, at a point above where is now the W. A. Reservoir (built 1914). The leat follows a course SW over open moor for c.900m to reach the enclosed farmland at SX 6413 5887.
Across the open moor the leat is a dry ditch c.1m wide and less than 1m deep. The ground is rock strewn in its upper part, and at one point some granite blocks suggest a 'sluice' whereby the water could have been re-directed to the butterbrook when not required at the pedlars fields. The ditch is not preserved in the enclosed land. The watercourse is shown on the tithe map.
Church rates book Devon Record Office, Fursland, West Country Studies Library.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
'Leat' shown on aerial photograph transcription by RCHM APP - no photograph reference given.
This leat may be visible on RAF 1946 aerial photograph between SX 6500 5942 to SX 6450 5899 where it divides into two which end at field boundaries at SX 6420 5884 and SX 6415 5885.
Environment Agency WMS, 2020, Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 2020 - 1m (Cartographic). SDV364513.
Visible on the lidar data.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV149931 | Worksheet: Hankin, C. F.. 1977-1980. Harford Parish Checklist. Parish Checklist. Digital. |
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 1218-1219. |
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| SDV319854 | Cartographic: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV359954 | Cartographic: South West Heritage Trust. 1838-1848. Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments. Tithe Map and Apportionment. Digital. |
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| SDV364513 | Cartographic: Environment Agency WMS. 2020. Environment Agency LIDAR Composite DTM 2020 - 1m. Environment Agency LiDAR data. Digital. [Mapped feature: #140421 ] |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV25311 | Related to: Enclosure south of the Butter Brook Reservoir, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV120061 | Related to: Hut circle south of oval prehistoric enclosure south of the Butter Brook Reservoir, Harford (Monument) |
| MDV25316 | Related to: Leat on Harford Moor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events: none recorded
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 27 2023 10:54AM |
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