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Animal pound 140m north west of Riverside, Wollerton is a scheduled ancient monument comprising a roughly circular or oval enclosure constructed from stone and earth banks. The monument dates to the medieval period and served the practical function of temporarily confining stray livestock, a common feature in agricultural communities across England. The pound's earthwork banks remain substantially preserved, forming a distinctive landscape feature in the Shropshire countryside. Such enclosures represent an important element of medieval rural management and settlement infrastructure, demonstrating historical systems of communal animal control and husbandry.
Animal pound 140m north west of Riverside, Wollerton is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020849. View the official record →
Animal pound 140m north west of Riverside, Wollerton is a scheduled ancient monument comprising a roughly circular or oval enclosure constructed from stone and earth banks.
Animal pound 140m north west of Riverside, Wollerton 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 1020849.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Motte and bailey castle on Castle Hill, and the associated remains of a park pale, a fishpond and a formal garden (1.6 km), Moated site and field system 380m south of Moat Farm, Wollerton Wood (2 km), Dovecote 300m south of Hodnet Hall (2.1 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Animal pound 140m north west of Riverside, Wollerton'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.
Animal pound 140m north west of Riverside, Wollerton stands on Permian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Permian. The rock here is sandstone and conglomerate, interbedded.