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Animal pound at The Pound, situated 620 metres south of Roborough House in Devon, is an ancient monument comprising an enclosure constructed to impound stray livestock. The structure dates to the medieval period and represents a functional element of medieval manorial administration, when such ponds or pounds served as holding facilities for animals found trespassing on agricultural land or straying from their owners. The pound would have been maintained by the manor or local authority to regulate the movement of livestock across common lands and to enforce agricultural discipline within the estate. Its survival as an identifiable earthwork demonstrates the physical infrastructure that supported the working landscape of medieval Devon.
Animal pound at The Pound, 620m south of Roborough House is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1019786. View the official record →
Animal pound at The Pound, situated 620 metres south of Roborough House in Devon, is an ancient monument comprising an enclosure constructed to impound stray livestock. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1019786.
Animal pound at The Pound, 620m south of Roborough House 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 1019786.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Worth's Cattedown Bone Cave 150m north of Cattedown Wharves (8.8 km), Mount Batten: prehistoric and Romano-British settlement (9.3 km), Mount Batten: 17th century artillery tower, Civil War breastwork, and World War II remains (9.3 km).
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