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Vermin trap 730m ENE of Trowlesworthy Warren House is a structure forming part of the Trowlesworthy Warren complex on Dartmoor in Devon. The trap represents an element of the warren infrastructure, which functioned as a managed rabbit warren dating to the medieval and early modern periods. Such vermin traps were constructed to control predator populations that threatened the valuable domestic rabbit stocks maintained within the warren. The structure survives as part of the broader landscape evidence of Dartmoor's historical exploitation as a managed hunting and rabbit farming resource.
Vermin trap 730m ENE of Trowlesworthy Warren House, forming part of Trowlesworthy Warren is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1014613. View the official record →
Vermin trap 730m ENE of Trowlesworthy Warren House is a structure forming part of the Trowlesworthy Warren complex on Dartmoor in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1014613.
Vermin trap 730m ENE of Trowlesworthy Warren House, 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 1014613.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Prehistoric barrow cemetery on Crownhill Down, 900m north of Drakelands Farm (5.2 km), Barrow cemetery on western slope of Crownhill Down (5.2 km), Round barrow 950yds (868m) N of Drakeland Corner (5.6 km).
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