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Vermin trap 620m south east of Legis Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren is a Bronze Age or later linear earthwork located on the moors of south Devon. The structure consists of a ditch or bank designed to control the movement of small predatory animals across the landscape, a management practice consistent with the needs of pastoral communities utilising the upland commons. As part of the wider Trowlesworthy Warren complex, the trap contributes to evidence of ancient land organisation and exploitation of the moorland environment. The precise dating and construction details remain consistent with vernacular landscape engineering practices documented across Dartmoor and similar upland regions during prehistoric and medieval periods.
Vermin trap 620m south east of Legis Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014463. View the official record →
Vermin trap 620m south east of Legis Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren is a Bronze Age or later linear earthwork located on the moors of south Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014463.
Vermin trap 620m south east of Legis Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1014463.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (5.3 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (5.4 km), Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (5.7 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Vermin trap 620m south east of Legis Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Vermin trap 620m south east of Legis Tor forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren stands on Unnamed Igneous Intrusion, Carboniferous To Permian, bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is felsic-rock.