MSO12502 - Post-medieval leat at Wheal Eliza - The Historic Environment Record for Exmoor National Park

MSO12502 - Post-medieval leat at Wheal Eliza (Monument)

Summary

The 19th Century lower leat feeding the waterwheel (MSO12500) at Wheal Eliza Mine (MSO6802).

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Type and Period (1)

LEAT (AD 19th Century - 1847 AD to 1857 AD (Unclassified))

Protected Status

Principal Archaeological Landscape 31: Wheal Eliza

Full Description

The 19th Century lower leat supplying the waterwheel (MSO12500) at Wheel Eliza mine (MSO6802). This leat is less well defined than the upper leat (MSO12501) and runs for about 200 metres from no logical point on the river to the wheel pit. It is presumably uncompleted. [1,-3]

Sources/Archives (3)

<1> SSO819 Unassigned: Burrow. 19.7.1979. site visit records.
<2> SSO858 Article in serial: Burrow, I., Minnitt, S. + Murless, B.. 1980. Somerset Archaeology 1979. Proceedings of the Somerset Archaeological and Natural History Society. 124. 136.
<3> SSO406 Survey: SCC HBC 3.14.2.

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Grid reference	Centred SS 784 380 (106m by 36m)
Map sheet	SS73NE
Civil Parish	EXMOOR, WEST SOMERSET, SOMERSET

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Other Statuses/References

National Park: Exmoor National Park
Somerset SMR PRN: 35704

Record last edited

Oct 23 2013 4:22PM

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