Monument record MWX3015 - Pound at Eastington Farm, Worth Matravers

A stone-walled enclosure, south-east of Eastington Farm. (1)

<1> Papworth M, 1994, Eastington, Acton, Westwood, Wilkswood, New Barn, Corfe Castle Estate, Wessex Region, 57 (Unpublished document). SWX1388.

A stock enclosure of drystone walling with an entrance on the east side lies on a terrace on a south slope above Seacombe Bottom and south-east of Eastington. It is sited next to a disused sheep wash 112,443 and was probably where the sheep were held before being dipped. It is D-shaped measuring 14m long 10m wide and 1m high. The enclosure is shown on the 1891 Ordinance Survey map.

<2> Papworth M, 1994, Eastington, Acton, Westwood, Wilkswood, New Barn, Corfe Castle Estate, Wessex Region, 60 (Unpublished document). SWX1388.

A sheepwash shown on the 1891 and 1928 O.S. maps but disused by 1960. It made use of a natural spring and an enclosure (112,404) built beside it was probably a sheep pen. The remains consist of a drystone wall revetment forming a wide area around the spring approximately 2.5m wide and 5m long.

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Mar 5 2021 3:18PM