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Summary

A vermin trap located in tinworking remains. It comprises a 1.3m long stone-lined trap piercing a former boundary bank with funnels formed by tinworking debris. The cover stone with one square hole in the top lies to the side of the trap.

Location

Protected Status: none recorded

Other References/Statuses

• National Monuments Record: SX56NE271
• National Record of the Historic Environment: 1312665
• Old DCC SMR Ref: SX56NE/88/3

Monument Type(s) and Dates

• VERMIN TRAP (Post Medieval - 1540 AD to 1750 AD (Between))

Full description

Cook, R. M. L., 1964, Old vermin traps on south-west Dartmoor, 198 (Article in Serial). SDV230549.

Ditsworthy Warren, site 4. Type IV, the trap is built at the entrance to a short tunnel through a low hedge, one example found only. This trap is in excellent condition and is complete except for iron pin. It is located on the north edge of Gutter Mire, 18.0 meters from the right bank of the Sheepstor Brook. Probable date of use 1700-1800. Other details: Plate 4.

Haynes, R. G., 1970, Vermin Traps and Rabbit Warrens on Dartmoor, 161 (Article in Serial). SDV166302.

Haynes' vermin trap number 13. A small and unusual trap guarding a hole in a tinner's wall. Being built against the hole it needs no funnel walls. Fragments of slate were found beside the long side stone and traces of iron rust in the middle of the trap. The cover stone having one hole only, has now been moved out of position. Other details: Figure 48.

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

Not visible 1946 Royal Air Force vertical aerial photographs.

Fletcher, M. + Newman, P. + Probert, S., 1999, Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor areas in the Plym Valley, West Devon (Report - Survey). SDV346268.

Whitbourn, A., 2001, An Archaeological Investigation into features comprising, and associated with, Ditsworthy Warren, 78 (Report - Assessment). SDV360381.

Vermin trap on the northern edge of Gutter Mire. Complete with entrance to tunnel in the hedge but no pin.

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

(20/03/2000) A vermin trap located in low-lying ground at SX58136694. It comprises a 1.3m long stone-lined trap which is now silted. Tinners banks form a rough funnel and the trap is built into a field wall. The cover stone which measures 0.9m by 0.6m by 0.2m with one square hole in the top lies to the side of the trap.

Newman, P. + Probert, S., 2005, Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey (Report - Survey). SDV363484.

(11/03/2005) This feature remains as described by English Heritage (2000) though it is becoming overgrown with marsh vegetation.

Probert, S. A. J., 2010, A Condition Survey of the Archaeological Sites of Ringmoor, Dartmoor Training Area (Report - Survey). SDV360517.

Newman, P., 2018, Archaeological Sites within Ringmoor Training Area, Dartmoor National Park, Devon: A condition survey on behalf of Defence Infrastructure Organisation (Report - Survey). SDV361636.

Depicted on GIS survey layers.

Sources / Further Reading

Associated Monuments

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
• EDV8155 - Plym Valley Survey: EH Project (Feb 2001 - Dec 2002)
• EDV8227 - Ringmoor Training Area: Monument Baseline Condition Survey
• EDV4966 - Survey of Drizzlecombe, Eylesbarrow, Ditsworthy and Hartor. The Eylesbarrow archaeological landscape

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