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| HER Number: | MDV131690 |
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| Name: | Leat to Bachelors Hall Mine, Princetown |
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Summary
Remains of a post medieval leat which ran from a river near the Princetown Convict Prison to the Bachelors Hall Mine serving the stamping mills. An archaeological field survey in 1989 recorded a channel 2 metres wide and 0.3 metre deep with a spread earthen bank on the downhill side.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 594 737 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX57SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Dartmoor Forest |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | LYDFORD |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX57SE135
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 619423
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LEAT (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD (Between) to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
South West Heritage Trust, 1838-1848, Digitised Tithe Maps and Transcribed Apportionments (Cartographic). SDV359954.
A leat which ran from a river near the Princetown Convict Prison to the Bachelors Hall Tin Mine tin-stamping mills.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1987-1993, Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit (Report - Survey). SDV350839.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1991, Duchy of Cornwall Enclosed Farmland Project: Archaeological Survey and Evaluation Dartmoor infill areas, map (Report - Survey). SDV364202.
Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England, 1993-1998, Dartmoor Royal Forest Project (Report - Survey). SDV346608.
(24/03/1989) This leat, now dry and silted, drew water from a tributary of the Blackbrook at approximately SX 59017375. It's course along the 405m contour to the Tor Royal boundary (SX 59337400) has now been effaced by agricultural ploughing. From here it runs through the semi-cultivated inbye fields to SX 60057365 as a 2.0m wide, 0.3m deep channel with a spread earthen bank on the downhill side. It is effaced between SX 60057365 and SX 60047356 but then continues as a well-defined leat to terminate at a launder bank at 403m OD (SX 59827342) above the two extensive tin stamping working areas and wheel pits.
Levy, S., 2004, The Devonport Leat: an Archaeological Condition Survey, 1-2 (Report - Survey). SDV345550.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV345550 | Report - Survey: Levy, S.. 2004. The Devonport Leat: an Archaeological Condition Survey. A4 Comb Bound. 1-2. |
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| SDV346608 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1993-1998. Dartmoor Royal Forest Project. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Field/Recording In. Unknown. |
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| SDV350839 | Report - Survey: Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England. 1987-1993. Duchy Farms Project Survey Visit. Royal Commission for the Historical Monuments of England Archaeological Survey. Unknown. [Mapped feature: #133400 ] |
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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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Associated Monuments
| MDV4735 | Part of: Bachelors Hall Tin Mine (Monument) |
| MDV18410 | Related to: Foul water prison Leat, Princetown (Monument) |
| MDV25982 | Related to: Leat to Bachelors Hall Mine (Monument) |
| MDV12972 | Related to: STAMPING MILL in the Parish of Dartmoor Forest (Monument) |
| MDV19902 | Related to: The Devonport Leat, Dartmoor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV4939 - Condition survey of Devonport Leat
- EDV8409 - Dartmoor Royal Forest Project
- EDV8628 - Tor Royal Farm Duchy Farms Survey
- EDV8664 - Torgate House, Duchy Farms Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Oct 18 2021 10:35AM |
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