Monument record MDO50832 - Post medieval mill pond and leats, Trent Mill

Three surviving sections of a historic mill leat associated with Trent Mill are visible as earthworks on 2022 composite DTM lidar imagery. The leats and two adjacent historic mill buildings are shown on the 1:25-inch scale Ordnance Survey map published in 1887, making up a small complex with Trent Mill (MDO43785).

The 1st edition OS map depicts an elongated header pond associated with a pair of mill buildings at Trent Mill; two channels then carry the water through the mill complex and reconnect with Trent Brook. The 2nd edition appears to show a smaller leat running down the centre of the elongated enclosure holding the pond. Current (2026) OS mastermap shows an extant leat, holding water. <1, 2>

Three surviving sections of a historic mill leat associated with Trent Mill are visible as earthworks on 2022 composite DTM lidar imagery. <3>

<1> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 1, Somerset LXXXIII.11 (Map). SDO10239.

<2> Ordnance Survey, Ordnance Survey 25-inch map, epoch 2, Dorset V.11 (Map). SDO11594.

<3> Environment Agency, 2022, LiDAR Composite Viewer - Digital Terrain Model 1m (Aerial Photograph). SDO21777.

Record last edited

Jul 24 2026 10:48AM