MDE13267 - Post-medieval catchwater meadow south of Lower House Farm (Monument)

A field on the south side of Lower House Farm contains a well preserved field gutter system. [1] The catchwater leat system is associated with Lower House Farm. [2] A post-medieval water meadow system, known locally as a catchwater meadow, is visible on aerial photographs as a series of earthworks south of Lower House Farm, Twitchen. Centred at approximately SS 7890 3030, four leats are visible following the contours of the south and west facing slopes, and apparently drawing water from the nearby spring. This system does not appear to be connected to any local farmyards, suggesting that this was a detached system which only distributed water to the fields and not liquid manure or other fertilisers. [3-5] This record was enhanced as part of the National Record of the Historic Environment to Exmoor National Park Historic Environment Record data transfer project. [6]