Information for record number MWA2498:
Pound SW of Little Warton

Summary A pound, an enclosure used for rounding up livestock. The pound was shown on a map as a small rectangular enclosure. It dates to the Imperial period and was situated 450m west of Little Warton.
What Is It?  
Type: Pound
Period: Imperial - Industrial (1751 AD - 1913 AD)
Where Is It?  
Parish: Polesworth
District: North Warwickshire, Warwickshire
Grid Reference: SK 28 03
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Level of Protection National - Old SMR PrefRef (Grade: )
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Description

  
Source Number  

1 Shows on map as small rectangular enclosure and labelled "Pinfold".
 
Sources
Source No: 1
Source Type: Bibliographic reference
Title: N.W.Survey
Author/originator: Molyneux N A D
Date: 1976
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Description  
period Imperial 1751 AD to 1914 AD (end of the 18th century AD to the beginning of the 20th century AD)

This period comes after the Post Medieval period and before the modern period and starts with beginning of the Industrial Revolution in 1750. It includes the second part of the Hannoverian period (1714 – 1836) and the Victorian period (1837 – 1901). The Imperial period ends with the start of the First World War in 1914.
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monument RECTANGULAR ENCLOSURE * A rectangular shaped area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or similar barrier. back
monument INDUSTRIAL * This is the top term for the class. See INDUSTRIAL Class List for narrow terms. back
monument ENCLOSURE * An area of land enclosed by a boundary ditch, bank, wall, palisade or other similar barrier. Use specific type where known. back
monument POUND * A pen, often circular and stone-walled, for rounding up livestock. back

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