Daniel’s Levada Directory
Levada da Maiata
Archival documentation — not a current hiking recommendation. Source file on danishome.ch last modified: 12 June 2020
Area
Porto da Cruz
Length
ca. 700 Meter
Madrei
Corrego da Nozelha N 32°45.330 W 16°48.980 ca. 210 m a.s.l., from a buried pipe out of the Levada da Portela, which also feeds the Levada da Fajazinha
Course
After the Madre, a pipe across the vertical wall in the Corrego da Nozelha onto the left bank of the stream; from there a normal levada course as far as above Maiata
End
Maiata ca 107 m a.s.l.
Function and use
Irrigation of the fields above Maiata
Access
From the road from Maiata to Pinheiro, across the fields
Condition
Unknown. I only watched the levada from a distance and did not walk it myself
Remarks
The name was chosen arbitrarily, on the basis of where it lies