Devonport Leat, Water channel in Dartmoor National Park, England.
The Devonport Leat extends over 27 miles through Dartmoor, featuring granite construction, multiple headweirs, and channels from five different rivers.
Engineers constructed this water transportation system in the 1790s to supply fresh drinking water from Dartmoor to the Plymouth Dock naval facilities.
The leat's path intersects with numerous ancient crosses that mark the historical Buckfast to Tavistock Monastic Route across Dartmoor.
Visitors can access the leat through marked walking paths starting from Princetown, with the route passing near Wistman's Wood and Two Bridges.
The water system includes an underground tunnel near Nun's Cross Farm and an aqueduct, demonstrating advanced engineering methods of the 18th century.
GPS coordinates: 50.58020,-3.96200
Latest update: March 3, 2025 17:05
Wistman's Wood
271 m
Dartmoor kistvaens
10.4 km
Dartmoor National Park
3.1 km
West Dart River
1.4 km
Postbridge Clapper Bridge
3.9 km
Bellever Tor Cairns
3.3 km
Ring cairn with cist on Lakehead Hill
3.1 km
Roundy Park prehistoric enclosure and cairn with cist, 560m north east of Archerton
3.5 km
Prince Hall
3.5 km
Oakery Clapper Bridge
3.7 km
Old Bridge
2.5 km
Fice's Well
3.8 km
Powder Mills Clapper Bridge
1.7 km
Bridge At Sx 625738
3.9 km
Smith Hill Farm
3 km
Kraps Ring
3.3 km
Powder Mills
1.6 km
Five cairns, two stone alignments and three cists, forming part of a ritual complex on Lakehead Hill
3.2 km
Broadun prehistoric enclosed settlement, 780m NNW of Archerton
3.4 km
Cairn and cist 875m north west of Arch Tor
2.1 km
Milestone, E end of Old Bridge on W entrance to Two Bridges Hotel
2.5 km
Milestone, half mile SW of Postbridge, opp. Plantations
3 km
Milestone, Higher Cherrybrook Bridge, 200m SW of bridge, 300m from turn to Pottery
2.1 km
Milestone, 300m W of turning to Prince Hall Hotel
2.9 km
Guidestone, by Lakehead Hill plantation, NE of Cherrybrook Bridge
2.9 km
Milestone, Cherry Brook Hotel, 60m W of entrance
1.9 km
Milestone, 400m W of turning to Holming Beam
3.2 km
Milestone, between Cherry Brook Lower and Dunnabridge
3.7 kmReviews
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