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Pound at Newbridge is a medieval livestock enclosure located near Newbridge in Devon. The structure comprises a substantial stone-built pound, a form of communal animal pen used for impounding stray livestock, which reflects the manorial and agricultural practices of the medieval period. Such pounds served important administrative functions within medieval rural communities, facilitating the collection of fines from owners of animals found wandering on common land. The monument survives as a notable example of medieval agricultural infrastructure and demonstrates the practical systems of land management and animal control that characterised English rural settlements during the medieval period.
Pound at Newbridge is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1003295. View the official record →
Pound at Newbridge is a medieval livestock enclosure located near Newbridge in Devon. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1003295.
Pound at Newbridge 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 1003295.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Round barrow NW of Harbourneford (9 km), Enclosure with hut circles and rectangular pens, south of Bala Brook (9.5 km), Two hut circles on the right bank of Red Brook (9.5 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Pound at Newbridge'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.
Pound at Newbridge stands on Holsworthy Group, bedrock that formed in the Moscovian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone and sandstone.