Animal pound 160m ESE of Gwithian church - Historic England
The animal pound 160m ESE of Gwithian church survives well and is a particularly interesting example because it is supported by historical evidence for ownership and function. The monument includes an animal pound, situated on the outskirts of the settlement of Gwithian.
Animal pound 160m ESE of Gwithian church - Ancient …
The monument includes an animal pound, situated on the outskirts of the settlement of Gwithian. The pound survives as a circular enclosure defined by a high stone faced bank, with a largely-buried outer ditch and an entrance to the west.
The Ring, an animal pound 100m west of Nills Farm
The monument includes the earthwork and buried remains of an animal pound, known as The Ring, which is situated on the gentle upper east facing slope of Nills Hill. Documentary sources indicate that in the 15th century cattle rustling in this area was a serious problem, and the construction of animal
Animal pound 50m south west of All Saint's Church - Historic England
2001年5月9日 · The animal pound 50m south west of All Saint's Church is an unusual survival in an area where few examples have been recorded. Its walls and interior will contain archaeological information relating to the way in which it was used, both in …
Animal pound 140m north west of Riverside, Wollerton - Historic England
2003年4月23日 · The animal pound is a brick-built `horseshoe'-shaped enclosure, circular with a straight-sided portion to the north west, with contemporary, regularly placed internal and external brick-built piers. The brickwork bonding type is English Garden Wall and this is surmounted by dressed sandstone coping stones.
Animal pound - Buckinghamshire's Heritage Portal
Animal pounds are known to date from the medieval period; there are 12th-century references to pounds in the Bolden Buke - a survey of the See of Durham, and of Chute Forest, Wilts. The...
Animal pound - Wikipedia
Some are four-sided—rectangular, square and irregular—while others are circular. In size they vary from a few square metres (some square feet) to over 0.5 hectares (1.2 acres). Pounds are known to date from the medieval period. By the 16th century most villages and townships would have had a pound.
Villagers restore medieval animal pound - BBC
An ancient animal pound, which was neglected for more than 200 years, has been restored by volunteers. Around 70 volunteers from Arlingham, Gloucestershire, have helped with the project...
Livestock and animal husbandry in early medieval England
2015年10月7日 · Abstract: Major themes in the zooarchaeological record regarding livestock and animal husbandry in England from the 5th to 11th Centuries AD are reviewed. The 5th–7th centuries, following the end of Roman rule, are particularly challenging, though evidence is emerging of greater continuity of pastoral production than the structural and ...
Animal pound and enclosure 220m and 120m south west of …
Source: Historic England. Reasons for Scheduling. The term animal pound is derived from the Anglo-Saxon word `pund' meaning enclosure, and is used to describe stock-proof areas for confining stray or illegally pastured stock and legally-kept animals rounded up at certain times of the year from areas of common grazing. The earliest documentary ...