Cof Cymru: National Historic Assets of Wales · Wales
The Old Pound
Castlemartin, Pembrokeshire, Wales
The record
- Designation
- Listed building, Grade II
- Broad class
- Agriculture and Subsistence
- Date of designation
- 14 May 1970
- Locality
- Castlemartin
- Community
- Castlemartin
- Unitary authority
- Pembrokeshire
- Country
- Wales
- Coordinates
- 51.64500, -5.01421
- Cadw reference
- 5952
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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Shown on 5 historical map sheets, the earliest the 1636 "Cornubia : Devonia, Somersetus, Dorcestria, Wiltonia, Glocestria ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
Cadw's description
Location
At the E end of the village of Castlemartin.
Exterior
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
Nearby in the register
- The Old ShopCommercialunder 1 mi
- The Old ShopDomesticunder 1 mi
- Castlemartin CastleEnclosureunder 1 mi
- Mounting PlatformDomesticunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.