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Dr Helen Wilson

Devonport Leat, Dartmoor, Devon

One of two aquaducts on this leat, constructed in the 1790s to carry fresh drinking water from the high ground of Dartmoor to the expanding dockyards at Plymouth Dock (later renamed Devonport). Superceded by Burrator reservoir, although some water from the leat is diverted into it.

A moorland scene with a constructed channel (the leat) with granite sides carrying water over a stream, curving away into the distance. Beside it is a smaller channel formed by people walking alongside the leat. In the background there are fields delineated by drystone walls, with dry brown bracken in places and green grass elsewhere. In the foreground there is gorse.
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Dr Helen Wilson

There's been a Kingsett Farm in Newleycombe Valley, Dartmoor, since at least 1330. After Plymouth City Corporation built the dam for Burrator reservoir in late C19, tenants of farms in the catchment were hassled to leave, but the Pearce family at Kingsett resisted. The Corporation then bought Kingsett Farm and barred tenants from keeping animals. The Pearce family left in 1924 with no compensation.

Kingsett is one of many ruined farms in the watershed of Burrator Reservoir.

A moorland scene with ruined buildings. A tree branch hangs over them. In the distance on the skyline are rugged granite tors.
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