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Animal pound 50m south west of All Saint's Church is a scheduled ancient monument situated near Cheriton Bishop in Devon. The pound dates to the medieval period and represents a form of agricultural infrastructure typical of medieval manorial settlements. Such ponds were used to confine straying livestock pending collection by their owners, functioning as a practical element of village administration. The monument survives as an earthwork feature and remains a tangible record of medieval rural economic management.
Animal pound 50m south west of All Saint's Church is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019535. View the official record →
Animal pound 50m south west of All Saint's Church is a scheduled ancient monument situated near Cheriton Bishop in Devon.
Animal pound 50m south west of All Saint's Church 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 1019535.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Two hut circles and associated field systems and enclosure at Mousehill Brake (2.1 km), Regular aggregate field system 480m west of West Soar (2.4 km), Bowl barrow 210m south of West Soar (2.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Animal pound 50m south west of All Saint's Church'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 50m south west of All Saint's Church stands on Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Devonian. The rock here is mica schist.