This old leat still has water in it and perhaps it still serves its purpose. I assumed that it was made for use of the miners who worked in the ground around where this photo was taken. However, the OS map clearly shows that it went on round the hill to the farmstead known as Leam.
Uploaded to Geograph by Graham Cole on 29 November 2012
Photo © Graham Cole, 29 November 2012. Licensed for reuse under this Creative Commons licence