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| HER Number: | MDV3388 |
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| Name: | Vermin trap, Ditsworthy Warren |
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Summary
Vermin trap in Ditsworthy Warren. These traps were used to catch stoats and weasels (the main predators of rabbits) while the warren was in use as a business.
Location
| Grid Reference: | SX 580 670 |
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| Map Sheet: | SX56NE |
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| Admin Area | Dartmoor National Park |
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| Civil Parish | Sheepstor |
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| District | West Devon |
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| Ecclesiastical Parish | SHEEPSTOR |
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Protected Status: none recorded
Other References/Statuses
- Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/88/4
Monument Type(s) and Dates
- VERMIN TRAP (Early Medieval to XVIII - 1066 AD to 1800 AD (Between))
Full description
Cook, R. M. L., 1964, Old vermin traps on south-west Dartmoor, 198 (Article in Serial). SDV230549.
Ditsworthy Warren. Site 3. Type 1, of simple x shape made by building a short intersecting wall across an earlier mound or hedge. Good condition. Base, long side and walls; iron fitting and slate shutters found. On left bank of Sheepstor Brook 320 meters east-north-east of Gutter Tor. Probable date of use was 1700-1800. Other details: Plate 6.
Haynes, R. G., 1970, Vermin Traps and Rabbit Warrens on Dartmoor, 161 (Article in Serial). SDV166302.
Probably Haynes' vermin trap number 7 (although he gives map reference SX58106690). The funnel walls make use of tinner's heaps and a wall, which here converge to make a natural path in which the trap is placed. Only the long side stone and the base slab remain in position. The 2-hole cover stone was displaced, but now restored.
Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England, 1985, Aerial Photograph Project (Interpretation). SDV319854.
Not visible 1946 Royal Air Force vertical aerial photographs.
Whitbourn, A., 2001, An Archaeological Investigation into features comprising, and associated with, Ditsworthy Warren, 78 (Report - Assessment). SDV360381.
Vermin trap east-north-east of Gutter Tor of cross shape. Consisting of a base, long side walls with iron fitting and slate shutters.
Sources / Further Reading
| SDV166302 | Article in Serial: Haynes, R. G.. 1970. Vermin Traps and Rabbit Warrens on Dartmoor. Post-Medieval Archaeology. 4. A4 Bound. 161. |
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| SDV230549 | Article in Serial: Cook, R. M. L.. 1964. Old vermin traps on south-west Dartmoor. Transactions of the Devonshire Association. 96. 198. |
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| SDV319854 | Interpretation: Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England. 1985. Aerial Photograph Project. Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England Aerial Photograph P. Cartographic. |
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| SDV360381 | Report - Assessment: Whitbourn, A.. 2001. An Archaeological Investigation into features comprising, and associated with, Ditsworthy Warren. A4 Comb Bound. 78. |
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Associated Monuments
| MDV14142 | Part of: Ditsworthy Warren, Sheepstor (Monument) |
| MDV112644 | Related to: Vermin Trap 220 metres west of Headland Warren Farm, North Bovey (Monument) |
| MDV3387 | Related to: Vermin trap, Ditsworthy Warren (Monument) |
| MDV3386 | Related to: Vermin trap, Ditsworthy Warren (Monument) |
Associated Finds: none recorded
Associated Events
- EDV7443 - Condition survey of archaeological sites in Ringmoor Training Area
- EDV7551 - Ditsworthy Warren: An archaeological investigation
- EDV7569 - Condition survey of Ringmoor Down training area
| Date Last Edited: | Jun 8 2018 3:27PM |
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