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pinfold, Field Broughton
site name:-   White Moss Common
locality:-   Field Broughton
civil parish:-   Broughton East (formerly Lancashire)
county:-   Cumbria
locality type:-   pinfold
coordinates:-   SD38578158
1Km square:-   SD3881
10Km square:-   SD38

MN photo:-  
Reconstructed 2000; originally built in the 18th century on the site of a pound that stood in the 16th century.

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BOF02.jpg (taken 28.9.2007)  
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BOF03.jpg (taken 28.9.2007)  

evidence:-   database:- Listed Buildings 2010
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"VILLAGE POUND / / / BROUGHTON EAST / SOUTH LAKELAND / CUMBRIA / II / 76918 / SD3858481600"
source data:-  
courtesy of English Heritage
"Pound. Probably C18. Stone rubble. Oval plan enclosure approx 8m x 11m. Walls approx 2m high, with limestone coping. Opening to south-west has limestone quoins and one stone gate post. Used until 1796, when the common land was enclosed."

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