Levada (Velha) da Achada Grande ou das Esmoitadas ou das Moitadas

Madrei

Ribeira do João Fernandes N 32°46.399 W 16°58.093 ca. 610 m a.s.l.

Course

From the Madre in the Ribeira do João Fernandes, partly exposed on the steep south-western slope of the valley, then presumably at the same height southwards and from there into the Ribeira do Porco. Here the water was taken in again and led along the west side of the Ribeira do Porco valley as far as Boaventura.

End

Boaventura ca. 240 m a.s.l.

Function and use

Irrigation of the area around Boaventura, Achada Grande and Tanque

Access

• Via the stream bed of the Ribeira do João Fernandes

• Access path from Lombo do Urzal

• Levada do Corgo dos Agriões

Condition

From the Madre to Lombo do Urzal newly cleared and secured, exposed!

Remarks

During the great levada rebuilding of 1950–1966, the water of the Ribeira do Porco and the Ribeira do João Fernandes was tapped by the Levada dos Tornos, and that water was then missing at the two Madres. To secure the water supply around Boaventura, the new Levada da Achada Grande was built, with its intake in the Ribeira dos Moinhos; it flows in the opposite direction.