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Isfield pound

England

List entry 1002203

Nation

England

The designation

Reference

List entry 1002203

Authority

Historic England (NHLE)

Status

Scheduled Monument

Scheduled area

0.02 hectares

Grid reference

TQ 44883 18283

Boundary

Scheduled area

Overview

History & significance

Isfield pound is a medieval animal pound located in East Sussex, England. The structure consists of a roughly circular or oval enclosure bounded by a substantial bank and ditch, typical of pounds constructed to contain strayed livestock. Dating to the medieval period, the pound served a practical administrative function within the manorial system, used for impounding cattle and other animals that had wandered from their owners' land. The site remains visible as an earthwork monument and represents an important aspect of medieval rural management and the enforcement of manorial authority over agricultural land.

Isfield pound is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1002203. View the official record →

About this monument

Questions & answers

What is Isfield pound?

Isfield pound is a medieval animal pound located in East Sussex, England. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1002203.

Who is responsible for protecting Isfield pound?

Isfield pound 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 1002203.

What other scheduled monuments are near Isfield pound?

Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Bowl barrow on Saxon Down, 240m north west of Glyndebourne Pit (8 km), Stock enclosure at Bible Bottom, 1.1km ENE of Lewes Golf Course Club House (8.2 km), Bowl barrow 180m south west of Glyndebourne Pit (8.3 km).

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Monuments

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Battlefields

The battles and sieges fought on this ground, mapped and set on a timeline of the wider conflict.

Roman Britain

The Roman roads, forts and towns near here, and the Iron Age people who held the land before Rome arrived.

Domesday

The settlement's entry in the 1086 Domesday Book: who held it, what it was worth, and the people who worked the land.

Civil War

The Civil War fighting, garrisons and recorded militaria in this area, woven into the arc of 1642 to 1651.

Geology

The bedrock beneath the site, its age and rock type, reaching back hundreds of millions of years.

LiDAR

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Local Names

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Historical Maps

Ordnance Survey maps from the 1800s, layered over the location as it stands today.

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Nearby

Other scheduled monuments within 10 km

Bowl barrow on Saxon Down, 240m north west of Glyndebourne Pit

8 km

Stock enclosure at Bible Bottom, 1.1km ENE of Lewes Golf Course Club House

8.2 km

Bowl barrow 180m south west of Glyndebourne Pit

8.3 km

Bowl barrow 300m SSW of Glyndebourne Pit

8.4 km

Three round barrows E of Caburn Bottom

Chapel of St James' Hospital

9.2 km

The ground beneath

The bedrock under Isfield pound

Isfield pound stands on Wealden Group, bedrock that formed in the Barremian. The rock here is sandstone and siltstone, interbedded.

The wider landscape

Around Isfield pound

Battle of Lewes 1264Battle (1264) · ~5.3 miles

Domesday entry for Worth, Sussex →

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