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Potato Cave, Leathertor Farm

Acknowledgement: Steve Grigg on We Love Dartmoor! Facebook has kindly supplied Dartefacts with the information and NGR for this item.

Leather Tor Bridge

A fabulous clapper bridge which has since been converted to allow light vehicles to cross over the River Meavy. We learn from Paul Rendell (2023) that: “It became a listed building on 28th October 1987. The bridge has two openings and a massive parapet of stone clamped together with irons which once served the ancient farms of Leathertor, Riddipit and Nosworthy. According to a Walkhampton Parish Council meeting, it was built in 1833 and the job was priced at £26.10s. but it did not appear on the 1840 Walkhampton Tithe Map.“

Reference:

  • Rendell, P. (2023): Exploring Around Burrator – A Dartmoor Reservoir – Updated Edition.

Leathertor Farm

Notes: Paul Rendell (2023) writes: “This is a settlement of medieval origin being first mentioned in 1362 in the Bailiff’s Accounts for the Manor of Dartmoor. John Northway was charged for an acre of land at ‘Leddertorre’ and Robert Taverner for two acres at ‘Laddertorre Comb’.” He concludes: “In 1916, Plymouth Corporation purchased Leathertor Farm and the rent was just £104 per year. The tenant was still John Lillicrap and he was the last tenant who was there until 1924 when the family moved to Walkhampton to live.“

Reference:

  • Rendell, P. (2023): Exploring Around Burrator – A Dartmoor Reservoir – Updated Edition.

There were at one time two farmsteads here: West and East Leathertor. The East Farm is older and stands to the east of the track by a stile and is largely overgrown. This was thought to be a long building.

Acknowledgements: Thanks go to James Daymond for bringing this ‘missing’ Dartefact to our attention! Steve Grigg on We Love Dartmoor! Facebook has also kindly supplied Dartefacts with the original information and NGR for this item.