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| HER Number: | MDV14382 |
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| Name: | Eastern Vermin Trap at Headland Warren, North Bovey |
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Summary
Eastern of two vermin traps on the boundary between Headland Warren and Challacombe
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 692 804 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX68SE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | North Bovey |
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| District | Teignbridge |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | NORTH BOVEY |
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Protected Status
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX68SE/8/2
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- VERMIN TRAP (XVIII to Early 20th Century - 1780 AD to 1920 AD (Between))
Full description
Haynes, R. G., 1970, Vermin Traps and Rabbit Warrens on Dartmoor, 162 (Article in Serial). SDV166302.
Headland Warren. Built against the high southern boundary wall. Complete trap, unusual in having slate shutters at the two ends only. No funnel walls, as trap guards a carefully built hole in the wall. Two vermin traps located on the boundary between Headland Warren and Challacombe. They have two small holes at the foot of the stone box trap or "hutches" built against and at right angles to the Headland Warren side. Each trap is rectangular in plan, with opposing long sides of edge-set granite slabs set in the ground (3 in the western trap and 4 in the eastern trap) with a capstone (2 in the eastern trap). The internal faces of the edge-set slabs have vertical grooves 0.03 metres wide and 0.02 metres deep to take the trap doors. The traps measure 0.66 metres (western) and 0.75 metres (eastern) between grooves and are 0.17 metres (western) and 0.20 metres (eastern) wide. Both are circa 3.3 metres deep.
Newman, P., 2001, Headland Warren Part 3: The Warren, 9-10, Figure 2 (Report - Survey). SDV359913.
One of several vermin traps to catch weasels and stoats at Headland Warren. Two are positioned close together on the south boundary wall separating Headland Warren from Challacombe but some distance from any recorded pillow mounds.
English Heritage, 2005, Survey Information (miscellaneous date) (Report - Survey). SDV345855.
Vermin traps shown as triangular features on survey on the boundary between North Bovey and Manaton parishes.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV166302 | Article in Serial: Haynes, R. G.. 1970. Vermin Traps and Rabbit Warrens on Dartmoor. Post-Medieval Archaeology. 4. A4 Bound + digital. 162. |
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| SDV345855 | Report - Survey: English Heritage. 2005. Survey Information (miscellaneous date). English Heritage. Digital. [Mapped feature: #81239 ] |
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| SDV359913 | Report - Survey: Newman, P.. 2001. Headland Warren Part 3: The Warren. English Heritage Survey Report. A1/20/2001. A4 Comb Bound. 9-10, Figure 2. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV6549 | Part of: Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
| MDV112644 | Related to: Vermin Trap 220 metres west of Headland Warren Farm, North Bovey (Monument) |
| MDV22804 | Related to: Vermin Trap at Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
| MDV78200 | Related to: Vermin Trap within Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
| MDV54585 | Related to: Western Vermin Trap in the Headland Warren, North Bovey (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7139 - Headland Warren and the Birch Tor and Vitifer Mines Survey (Ref: A1/20/2001, A1/34/2002)
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 30 2020 10:05AM |
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