Source/Archive record SEM8056 - Metric survey of Pinkery pond and its environs
| Type | Report |
|---|---|
| Title | Metric survey of Pinkery pond and its environs |
| Author/Originator | Riley, H. |
| Date/Year | 2012 |
| Hazel Riley report | |
| ENPA project name | MIRES |
| Digital Object Identifier | 10.5284/1041859 |
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Abstract/Summary
Pinkery (or Pinkery) Pond is an artificial body of water, created by the construction of a massive earth and stone dam across the valley of the River Barle, by John Knight who had purchased the Exmoor Forest Estate by 1820. Knight envisaged the moorlands of the Royal Forest as a productive estate, centred around his new mansion house in Simonsbath, with reclaimed moorland producing corn and fine livestock. The pond has been previously interpreted as providing water for irrigation, for recreational or for industrial purposes.
This survey, carried out in advance of mire restoration by the Exmoor Mires Project, has recorded areas of peat extraction, stone quarries, leats, a massive earth and stone dam and trial trenches and pits associated with mineral extraction. An alternative purpose for Pinkery Pond is suggested: a reservoir or header pond to provide water power for John Knightâs original agricultural enterprises on his Exmoor Forest estate.
External Links (1)
- https://doi.org/10.5284/1041859 (Report via ADS website)
Referenced Monuments (33)
- MEM22592 Mound of unknown date on The Chains (Monument)
- MSO7119 Pinkworthy (or Pinkery) Pond (Monument)
- MEM22686 Post-medieval dam on Pinkworthy (Pinkery) Pond (Building)
- MEM22586 Post-medieval drainage channel near Pinkworthy (or Pinkery) Pond (Monument)
- MMO2140 Post-medieval drainage ditches east and southeast of Pinkworthy (or Pinkery) Pond (Monument)
- MEM22687 Post-medieval drainage on The Chains (Monument)
- MMO2634 Post-medieval drainage system north and west of Pinkworthy (or Pinkery) Pond (Monument)
- MSO10889 Post-medieval leat east of Pinkworthy (or Pinkery) Pond (Monument)
- MSO10477 Post-medieval leat on the east side of Pinkworthy (or Pinkery) Pond (Monument)
- MSO10476 Post-medieval leat south of Pinkworthy Pond (Monument)
- MEM22595 Post-medieval mound and pit near Pinkworthy (or Pinkery) Pond (Monument)
- MEM22596 Post-medieval mound and pit near Pinkworthy (or Pinkery) Pond (Monument)
- MEM22599 Post-medieval mound and pit near Pinkworthy (or Pinkery) Pond (Monument)
- MEM22598 Post-medieval mound and pit near Pinkworthy (or Pinkery) Pond (Monument)
- MEM22676 Post-medieval mound on The Chains (Monument)
- MEM22594 Post-medieval mound on The Chains (Monument)
- MEM22680 Post-medieval peat cutting on The Chains (Monument)
- MEM22681 Post-medieval peat cutting on The Chains (Monument)
- MSO10467 Post-medieval peat cutting southeast of Pinkworthy Pond (Monument)
- MEM22679 Post-medieval prospecting pit on The Chains (Monument)
- MEM22674 Post-medieval prospecting trench on The Chains (Monument)
- MEM22590 Post-medieval prospecting trench on The Chains (Monument)
- MEM22685 Post-medieval quarries and mineral prospecting on The Chains (Monument)
- MEM22591 Post-medieval quarry on The Chains (Monument)
- MEM22593 Post-medieval quarry on The Chains (Monument)
- MEM22688 Post-medieval stone quarries near Pinkworthy (or Pinkery) Pond (Monument)
- MEM22600 Post-medieval stone quarries near Pinkworthy (or Pinkery) Pond (Monument)
- MEM22683 Post-medieval stone quarry near Pinkworthy (or Pinkery) Pond (Monument)
- MEM22682 Post-medieval stone quarry next to Pinkworthy (or Pinkery) Pond (Monument)
- MEM22684 Post-medieval track near Pinkworthy (or Pinkery) Pond (Monument)
- MEM22675 Post-medieval turf stack on The Chains (Monument)
- MEM22677 Post-medieval turf stack on The Chains (Monument)
- MEM22678 Post-medieval turf stack on The Chains (Monument)
Referenced Events (1)
- EEM14161 2012 - TS: Pinkworthy (or Pinkery) Pond, Mires Project
Record last edited
Dec 12 2018 12:40PM