Note 85 — Chapter XV · RUN-RIG AND COMMON FIELD.

The ruins of beehive huts all over Dartmoor, and of enclosures like Grimspound, are conceivably evidence of similar customs in Devonshire. Now, however, the care of the cattle pastured on Dartmoor by the occupiers of adjacent farms, is a distinct occupation. Those who follow it are called “Moor-men.”