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Animal pound at The Pound is a medieval enclosure located near Roborough in Devon. The monument consists of a roughly circular or oval stone-built pound, a type of animal enclosure used for impounding stray livestock, which dates to the medieval period or possibly earlier. Such pounds were common features of rural settlements and represent important infrastructure for the management of common grazing rights and the regulation of village affairs. The survival of this example contributes to the archaeological understanding of medieval agricultural practice and settlement organisation in 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 is a medieval enclosure located near Roborough in Devon. 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).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Animal pound at The Pound, 620m south of Roborough House'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 at The Pound, 620m south of Roborough House stands on Upper Devonian Rocks (Undifferentiated), bedrock that formed in the Late Devonian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.