The Aqueduct

The Aqueduct

There is a rickety old aqueduct running through the woods I call B woods, dividing middle B woods from Lower B woods.

In this area, as you can see; there are many existing Beech trees and between them are my trees. The clump of willow and birch to the left of the aqueduct, seen on the first picture, I planted on year 2.

Alongside the Aqueduct it's self is an equally rickety bridge, crossing over the fast flowing River Blackbrook, which joins the West Dart about 9 miles down stream. The leat it's self is 390 metres above sea level.

The aqueduct feeds water from the Blackbrook into an age old leat system, connecting other valleys and the leats themselves wind off for miles across the moors. They used to be used for transporting mined materials, before there were roads and railways.