prevent gravel getting into tile drain.

[hillbilly2nd]

how do you prevent gravel getting into a tile drain but allow surface water in?surface water comes from field of outwintered cattle so is muddy , tile is 6 in . bore, runs for about 400 yards down steep hill but can get blocked 300 yards down where it starts ti to level out.

 

[nick...]

Put some terram/membrane over the gravel
Nick...

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Open Ditch

 

[davieh3350]

winter cows some other way and not let your soil get washed away?

 

[Brisel]

Is the uphill end of the tile drain exposed? If so, dig a pond as a sump to slow flow rates and allow sediment to settle out.

Better still, find a better way of outwintering cattle that does not lead to run off and a breach of cross compliance as well as the loss of decent topsoil!

 

[benferg]

Need a sump of some description at the entrance, which can be easier said then done.
Fencing it off can help.