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Latitude: 51.645 / 51°38'42"N
Longitude: -5.0142 / 5°0'51"W
OS Eastings: 191553
OS Northings: 198327
OS Grid: SR915983
Mapcode National: GBR G6.JCBR
Mapcode Global: VH1S5.1XK9
Plus Code: 9C3PJXWP+28
Entry Name: The Old Pound
Listing Date: 14 May 1970
Last Amended: 8 December 1995
Grade: II
Source: Cadw
Source ID: 5952
Building Class: Agriculture and Subsistence
ID on this website: 300005952
Location: At the E end of the village of Castlemartin.
County: Pembrokeshire
Community: Stackpole and Castlemartin (Stackpole a Chastellmartin)
Community: Castlemartin
Traditional County: Pembrokeshire
Tagged with: Architectural structure
Circular pound for stray cattle, built in 1780. Restored in 1972 by Pembroke Rural District Council. Uncoursed rubble masonry walls, 1.8 m high, with rubble coping. Approximately 13 m diameter. The interior now laid out as a public garden with paths, shrubs and seats. Wooden gate.
Fine example of this type of structure, in an area noted for its cattle farming.
References: RCAHM photographs and notes
Dyfed Arch. Trust: S&M PRN 4680
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