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Summary

Vermin trap built against west side of the Lee Moor China Clay Leat. Includes two lengths of rubble wall, together forming a V-shaped trap. The walls are of orthostatic construction and average 0.7m wide by 0.55m high. The south-west wall is 7.7m long and the west-north-west arm is 6.7m long. The position of the trap suggests that it was intended to catch vermin following the leat.

Location

Protected Status

• Scheduled Monument 1020323: Prehistoric and historic archaeological landscape at Trowlesworthy Warren
• Scheduled Monument 1020323: Prehistoric and historic archaeological landscape at Trowlesworthy Warren

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX 56 SE 66
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/198/37
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56SE/198/49
• Old SAM Ref: 24232
• Old SAM Ref: 24232
• Pastscape: 439294

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• VERMIN TRAP (XVII to XIX - 1601 AD to 1899 AD (Between))

Full description

Haynes, R. G., Map of Trowlesworthy Warren, T22 (Cartographic). SDV165949.

Cook, R. M. L., 1964, Old vermin traps on south-west Dartmoor, 200, Site 21 (Article in Serial). SDV230549.

Trowlesworthy Warren. Wall type 111a. Good condition, walls only.

Haynes, R. G., 1970, Vermin Traps and Rabbit Warrens on Dartmoor, 157, trap No. 2 (Article in Serial). SDV166302.

Trowlesworthy Warren (SX 5720 6455). Haynes' vermin trap No.2. Below Lee Moor Leat. Built of large stones in extensive clitter; difficult to find.

Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Dartmoor) - Dartmoor Pre-NMP (Cartographic). SDV319854.

Not recorded in the project.

Gerrard, S., 1990-2002, Monument Protection Programme. Archaeological Item Dataset., MPP 140645 (Report - Survey). SDV277946.

(04/04/1995) SX 5725 6456. Vermin trap built against west side of the Lee Moor China Clay Leat. Includes two lengths of rubble wall, together forming a V-shaped trap. The walls are of orthostatic construction and average 0.7m wide by 0.55m high. The south-west wall is 7.7m long and the west-north-west arm is 6.7m long. The position of the trap suggests that it was intended to catch vermin following the leat.
NB: Gerrard references his site to this record and to subsheet 49. This may indicate duplication, although the two records are separately numbered by Haynes (unattributed and undated Sites and Monuments personal comment).

Thackray, C., 1994, The Upper Plym Valley: the management of an historic landscape, 34, 102.095 (Report - non-specific). SDV143510.

(1987 estimated) V-shaped funnel walls of a vermin trap built against leat. Narrow walls consist of some large boulders and smaller stones.

Probert, S. A. J. + Fletcher, M. J., 2002, Plym Valley survey (Report - Survey). SDV350782.

Ridgers, H. + Ridgers, C., 2015, Of Varments and Vermin Traps, 2, 9, Nos. 9 (also given number 108) (Report - Assessment). SDV358632.

SX 57259 64566. V-shaped with strong walls about 4m long leading to the leat bank. Assumed to be the same as MDV2487.
NB: No. 10 assumed to be the same as No. 9 (MDV2487 and MDV2486); has been clarified on the record (Richards, A. F., 09/03/2020).

Bluesky International Ltd/Getmapping PLC, 2015-2017, 2015-2017 Aerial Photographs (Aerial Photograph). SDV361462.

Vermin trap is visible on the aerial photograph.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

Associated Finds: none recorded

Associated Events

• EDV7369 - Survey of Granite Loading Bays at Trowlesworthy, Devon
• EDV8148 - The Upper Plym Valley: The Management of an Historic Landscape
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey

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