Water Level Falls at Burrator Reservoir: 25 July 2018

The dry weather saw the water level at Burrator reservoir drop by over 50%. As the water fell, a few remains of the settlements and enclosures that stood in the Meavy valley prior to its flooding at the end of the 19th century were revealed: a cobbled path, an enclosure wall, some granite rail tracks used during the reservoir's construction, etc. Not surprisingly, there was no sign of the 'church tower' that, according to modern rumour, was supposed to lie under the murky depths...

The water level usually extends to the treeline

Part of a normally submerged wall

Granite tramlines used during the reservoir's construction

A granite gatepost and part of a field enclosure wall

The remains of a pathway

The river Meavy usually completely hidden beneath the water

Strange piles of white stones on the reservoir bed, possibly the remnants of earlier mining operations

The Meavy flowing into the reservoir