HeritageGateway - Home
Site Map
Text size: A A A
You are here: Home > > > > Devon & Dartmoor HER Result
Devon & Dartmoor HERPrintable version | About Devon & Dartmoor HER | Visit Devon & Dartmoor HER online...

See important guidance on the use of this record.

If you have any comments or new information about this record, please email us.


HER Number:MDV73762
Name:Weir on River Coly, Coles Mill, Colyton

Summary

Site of weir on River Coly, at head of leat to Coles Mill. The present weir dates from the 1940s.

Location

Grid Reference:SY 249 932
Map Sheet:SY29SW
Admin AreaDevon
Civil ParishColyton
DistrictEast Devon
Ecclesiastical ParishCOLYTON

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses: none recorded

Monument Type(s) and Dates

  • WEIR (XIX to XX - 1801 AD to 2000 AD (Between))

Full description

Ordnance Survey, 1880-1899, First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map (Cartographic). SDV336179.

'Weir' marked on 1880s-1890s 25 inch Ordnance Survey map, on River Coly at head of leat to 'Cole's Mill (Corn)'.


Watts, S., 2004, Tour Notes compiled for the Mills Section, SPAB, Weekend Mill Tour, Devon, 2-5 September 2004, 3 (Un-published). SDV323972.

The concrete weir with fish pass dates from the 1940s.

Sources / Further Reading

SDV323972Un-published: Watts, S.. 2004. Tour Notes compiled for the Mills Section, SPAB, Weekend Mill Tour, Devon, 2-5 September 2004. A4 Stapled + Digital. 3.
SDV336179Cartographic: Ordnance Survey. 1880-1899. First Edition Ordnance 25 inch map. First Edition Ordnance Survey 25 inch Map. Map (Digital).

Associated Monuments

MDV11402Related to: Coles Mill, Colyton (Building)
MDV69889Related to: Leat to Coles Mill, Colyton (Monument)
MDV73763Related to: Sluicegate at head of leat to Coles Mill, Colyton (Monument)

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events: none recorded


Date Last Edited:Jun 28 2007 3:26PM