NHER 6540 (Monument record) - Site of post-medieval pound

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Summary

This is the site of a post-medieval pound, marked on an Ordnance Survey map of 1836. The pinder would have impounded stray animals here.

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None recorded

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Map sheet	TG03NE
Civil Parish	EDGEFIELD, NORTH NORFOLK, NORFOLK

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'Pound' marked on the 1st edition ordnance survey map (S3).
E. Rose (NAU).

1955. Documentary Research.
In his article on the Holt Road, historian Basil Cozens-Hardy notes that the village pound was located at a four-cross-ways near Edgefield Hill. He notes that the pinder would have impounded straying animals here.
H. Hamilton (HES), 02 March 2026.

December 2008. desk-based assessment.
Assessment of known archaeology within a 0.5km radius of a proposed development at the former pit and landfill site at Edgefield. The report concluded that the study area lies in an area rich in archaeology dating from the Neolithic to modern periods.
See (S5) for further details.
S. Howard (NLA), 15 December 2009.

Associated Sources (5)

<S1> SNF57204 Record Card: Ordnance Survey Staff. 1933-1979?. Ordnance Survey Record Cards. TG 03 NE 5.
<S2> SNF57722 Record Card: NAU Staff. 1974-1988. Norfolk Archaeological Index Primary Record Card.
<S3> SNF48657 Map: Ordnance Survey. 1836. 1st edition OS.
<S4> SNF5500 Article in Serial: Cozens-Hardy, B.. 1955. The Holt Road. Norfolk Archaeology. Vol XXXI Pt I pp 163-177. p 176.
<S5> SNF72716 Unpublished Contractor Report: Appleby, G. 2008. An Archaeological desk-based assessment at Edgefield Hall, Edgefield, Norfolk. Cambridge Archaeological Unit. 875.