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Bidlake Mill and leat

England
List entry 1004571
Nation
England
The designation
Reference
List entry 1004571
Authority
Historic England (NHLE)
Status
Scheduled Monument
Scheduled area
0.42 hectares
Grid reference
SX 48826 88701
Boundary

Scheduled area

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Overview

History & significance

Bidlake Mill and leat is a medieval mill site located in Devon, England, with associated water management infrastructure. The leat, an artificial watercourse constructed to power the mill, represents the characteristic hydraulic engineering of the medieval period, directing water from a source to the mill wheel with sufficient gradient and flow. The mill itself reflects the agricultural economy of medieval Devon, where milling operations were essential infrastructure for grain processing within local manorial systems. The survival of both the mill structure and its leat demonstrates the durability of medieval engineering and the historical importance of water-powered industrial sites in the county's medieval landscape.

Bidlake Mill and leat is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1004571. View the official record →

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Questions & answers

What is Bidlake Mill and leat?

Bidlake Mill and leat is a medieval mill site located in Devon, England, with associated water management infrastructure. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1004571.

Who is responsible for protecting Bidlake Mill and leat?

Bidlake Mill and leat is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1004571.

What other scheduled monuments are near Bidlake Mill and leat?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow cemetery and beacon at Heathfield, 650m west of Moorlands (9.4 km), Bowl barrow 570m east of The Firs, forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Heathfield (9.5 km), Bowl barrow 340m east of The Firs, forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Heathfield (9.5 km).

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Monuments
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Battlefields
The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.
Roman Britain
The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.
Domesday
The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.
Civil War
The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.
Geology
The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.
LiDAR
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Local Names
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Literature
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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Round barrow cemetery and beacon at Heathfield, 650m west of Moorlands
9.4 km
Bowl barrow 570m east of The Firs, forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Heathfield
9.5 km
Bowl barrow 340m east of The Firs, forming part of a round barrow cemetery at Heathfield
9.5 km
Enclosed stone hut circle settlement and kerbed boulder 300m WNW of White Tor summit
11.1 km
Enclosure and stone hut circle 80m north of White Tor fort
11.2 km
Enclosures and hut circles N of White Tor
11.2 km
Enclosed stone hut circle settlement 600m WSW of White Tor
11.2 km
White Tor camp, Cudlipptown Down
11.3 km
The ground beneath

The bedrock under Bidlake Mill and leat

Bidlake Mill and leat stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.

The wider landscape

Around Bidlake Mill and leat

Battle of Stratton 1643Battle (1643) · ~19.8 miles
Domesday entry for Kimber, Devon →
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