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Animal pound 335m south west of Rudge Hall is a Post-medieval agricultural structure located in Shropshire. The pound dates from the seventeenth or eighteenth century and represents the type of enclosure historically used for the temporary containment of stray livestock within a rural parish. The structure survives as an earthwork comprising a roughly circular or oval pound surrounded by a bank and ditch, typical of such facilities that were maintained by local communities to manage animals found grazing on common land or straying from their owners' holdings. Such pounds were essential infrastructure in the medieval and early modern agrarian economy, serving both practical and administrative functions within the manorial and parochial system.
Animal pound 335m south west of Rudge Hall is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1020659. View the official record →
Animal pound 335m south west of Rudge Hall is a Post-medieval agricultural structure located in Shropshire. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1020659.
Animal pound 335m south west of Rudge Hall 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 1020659.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including The Walls: a large multivallate hillfort (2.6 km), Ludstone Hall moated site and fishpond (3.2 km), Moated site at Burnhill Green (4 km).
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