2011
NT9613 : Spring animal trap over sheepfold entrance
taken 15 years ago, 3 km from Linhope, Northumberland, England

Spring animal trap over sheepfold entrance
The sheepfold is shown here NT9613 : Sheepfold beside road to Ewartly Shank
The traps seem to be designed to trap and kill certain small animals, probably weasels, stoats or mink, by luring them across a bridge into a tunnel-type cage fitted with a loaded spring trap.
The traps seem to be designed to trap and kill certain small animals, probably weasels, stoats or mink, by luring them across a bridge into a tunnel-type cage fitted with a loaded spring trap.
