MEM24816 - Post-medieval leat south of Puzzlecombe Weir (Monument)

A leat is shown on the Tithe Map for Dulverton. It begins at Puzzlecombe Weir (MEM23676, SS 9345 2636), where it is directed southwards to the west of the River Exe, to a building at SS 9342 2598 (MEM24817). At this point, the leat passes outside the National Park boundary and leads southwards, until it feeds into the River Barle at SS 9323 2534. [1] The leat is shown on the 25 inch 1st Edition Ordnance Survey map. This map labels a sluice at the weir, to control water flow into the leat, and also depicts another sluice feeding an overflow leat from the main leat back into the Exe, from SS 9344 2600 to SS 9347 2599. [2] The 25 inch 2nd Edition map shows a similar layout to the 1st Edition map. [3] The 2018 MasterMap data suggests that much of the route of the leat no longer appears to be extant within the National Park boundary, although it may simply have been omitted from the data. [4]