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| HER Number: | MDV25086 |
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| Name: | Longstone Leat, Sheepstor |
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Summary
Brisworthy Leat running between SX59146741 (take off from Drizzlecombe Brook) and SX56216800 (near Burrator Reservoir) and also to SX58396625, supplying Ditsworthy Warren House. Surveyed and recorded in the Dartmoor Trust Leats Project. Partly cuts through the bronze age hut circle settlement at Whittenknowles Rocks.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 582 672 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Sheepstor |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHEEPSTOR |
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Protected Status
- SHINE: Earthwork section of the Longstone Leat, south-east of Sheeps Tor
Other References/Statuses
- National Monuments Record: SX56NE279
- National Record of the Historic Environment: 1319001
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/412
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- LEAT (Post Medieval to Early 20th Century - 1540 AD to 1901 AD (Between))
Full description
Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.
Leat depicted on the First Edition Ordnance Survey map (approximately 1880s in date) but not named.
Royal Air Force, 1946, RAF/CPE/UK/1890, 4351 (Aerial Photograph). SDV169268.
National Monuments Record, 1977, NMR SX5668/2, 131 (Aerial Photograph). SDV225207.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.
Section of the leat running between 875 and 975 foot contour on south slope of Yellowmead Down. Western termination at SX55996832 (?). Turns south at east Yellowmead Down SX57356827. Travels south to Whittenknowles rocks along 1000 foot contour.
Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S., 1999, Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor areas in the Plym Valley, West Devon (Report - Survey). SDV346268.
(14/07/1999) A maintained leat which draws water from the Drizzlecombe Brook at SX59156742 supplies Ditsworthy Warren House (SX5840662) and also properties in the Sheepstor area to the north-west.
Water for this leat may once have come from the diverted leat (SX66NW161) which emptied into the abandoned stream workings in Drizzlecombe at SX59166742. There are indications of the remains of a weir that may once have ponded or controlled the waterflow into the leat at SX59156742. Near Whittenknowles there are a number of dry channel courses and at SX58576693 the leat bifurcates - one branch runs south to the Warren House and the second north to the Sheepstor area.
Whitbourn, A., 2001, An Archaeological Investigation into features comprising, and associated with, Ditsworthy Warren, 31-33, Photographs 22, Diagram 4 (Report - Assessment). SDV360381.
The leat which flows south towards Ditsworthy Warren House has been diverted via a channel under the track into the reservoir to the north-west of the house. A further diversion flows west towards the River Plym.
Newman, P. + Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.
(10/03/2005) This feature remains largely as described in 1999 though the flow has apparently been reduced to a trickle and the sides of the channel are becoming overgrown.
Dartmoor Trust and Dartmoor National Park Authority, 2010, Dartmoor Trust Leats Project 2009-2010 (Report - Survey). SDV347530.
Longstone Leat, Sheepstor surveyed and recorded flowing between SX591674 - SX562680 and to SX 584663. (Drizzle Combe Brook - Burrator Reservoir and Ditsworthy Warren Hous). Take-off is a rough boulder 'sluice', difficult to control flow. Some sections prone to silting. Some culverts, fords and bridges cause problems as does dam building by the public. Mostly on common land. Sheepstor Commoners undertake maintenance. Other details: T:\Dartmoor Leats Survey / Q:\MAPDATA\HISTORIC\LeatsProject.
Ordnance Survey, 2011, MasterMap (Cartographic). SDV346129.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV169268 | Aerial Photograph: Royal Air Force. 1946. RAF/CPE/UK/1890. Royal Air Force Aerial Photograph. Photograph (Paper). 4351. |
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| SDV225207 | Aerial Photograph: National Monuments Record. 1977. NMR SX5668/2. National Monuments Record Aerial Photograph. Unknown. 131. |
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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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| SDV336179 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital). |
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| SDV346129 | Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 2011. MasterMap. Ordnance Survey. Map (Digital). [Mapped feature: #84925 ] |
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| SDV346268 | Report - Survey: Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S.. 1999. Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor areas in the Plym Valley, West Devon. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Report. A4 Comb Bound. |
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| SDV347530 | Report - Survey: Dartmoor Trust and Dartmoor National Park Authority. 2010. Dartmoor Trust Leats Project 2009-2010. Dartmoor Trust. Digital. |
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| SDV360381 | Report - Assessment: Whitbourn, A.. 2001. An Archaeological Investigation into features comprising, and associated with, Ditsworthy Warren. A4 Comb Bound. 31-33, Photographs 22, Diagram 4. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV130842 | Related to: Building to the north of the longhouse within Whittenknowles deserted Medieval settlement, Sheepstor (Monument) |
| MDV130841 | Related to: Building to the south of the longhouse within Whittenknowles deserted Medieval settlement, Sheepstor (Monument) |
| MDV130843 | Related to: Building to the south-east of the longhouse within Whittenknowles deserted Medieval settlement, Sheepstor (Monument) |
| MDV66369 | Related to: Cairn north-east of the Whittenknowles Rocks settlement (Monument) |
| MDV76851 | Related to: Ditsworthy Warren Farmstead, Sheepstor (Monument) |
| MDV48901 | Related to: Eylesbarrow Watershed Reave (Monument) |
| MDV122709 | Related to: Field System south Ditsworthy Warren Farmstead, Sheepstor (Monument) |
| MDV3995 | Related to: Hut circle settlement at Whittenknowles Rocks, Sheepstor (Monument) |
| MDV122182 | Related to: Kennels at Ditsworthy Warren Farmstead, Sheepstor (Monument) |
| MDV130840 | Related to: Longhouse within Whittenknowles deserted Medieval settlement, Sheepstor (Monument) |
| MDV25076 | Related to: PILLOW MOUND in the Parish of Sheepstor (Monument) |
| MDV122708 | Related to: Possible Reservoir north-west of Ditsworthy Warren House, Sheepstor (Building) |
| MDV122710 | Related to: Small Enclosure north-east Ditsworthy Warren Farmstead, Sheepstor (Monument) |
| MDV3582 | Related to: Stamping Mill Number 6 at Eylesbarrow Tin Mine (Monument) |
| MDV25290 | Related to: Streamworks on Narrator Brook tributary, Sheepstor (Monument) |
| MDV4009 | Related to: Whittenknowles deserted Medieval settlement, Sheepstor (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV6239 - Eylesbarrow (Ailsborough) Tin Mine
- EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
- EDV7551 - Ditsworthy Warren: An archaeological investigation
- EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
- EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)
- EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
| Date Last Edited: | Sep 7 2021 8:45AM |
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